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Façonné Music

Founder-run digital distribution and artist-development operation in Lomé, Togo.

Based in
Lomé, Togo
Founder
Nodjigno Pierre Yao NIHTAEL

Façonné Music is a digital distribution and artist-development operation based in Lomé, Togo, run by the music professional Nodjigno Pierre Yao Nihtael. Its work covers release preparation, catalogue organisation, artist-profile presentation and communication with streaming platforms, media and partners, rather than distribution delivery alone.

The company is independent and founder-operated, with no parent, investor or distribution partner identified in available sourcing. Nihtael says it has worked with more than 50 artists and music projects; that figure comes from profile coverage rather than third-party confirmation. Artists linked to it include Togo Joachin Migos, Scenario and Irok.

Togo is a small market with a thin professional layer around its artists, and Façonné Music is one of the few named operators addressing the administrative side of releasing there. The company has no working website: a domain, faconnemusic.com, is registered but serves unmodified WordPress demo content for an unrelated business. Its only functioning channel is a Facebook page.

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