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Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79 (CD)

By: Various Artists
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DISC 1 for Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79 (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Take Your Soul - The Sahara All Stars  
2   Will Of The People - T-Fire  
3   Lagos City - Asiko Rock Group  
4   Greetings - Johnny Haastrup  
5   You've Gotta Help Yourself - The Groovies/Bongos Ikwue  
6   Some More - Jay U Experience  
7   Mota Ginya - Voices of Darkness  
8   Ijere - Dr. Adolf Aonotu  
9   Love Affair - S-Job Movement  
 
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Uncut (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Afrobeat thunder is still strong on NIGERIA DISCO FUNK SPECIAL....T-Fire could be the Lagos branch of Clinton's P-Funk family."

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Nigerian music is known for its polyglot character, a fact that is exemplified by its native juju and highlife--a perfect storm of indigenous music traditions bolstered by Western technology. Lesser-known are Nigerian attempts to adopt Western music trends wholesale, as with the exquisitely rare disco and funk groups compiled for NIGERIA DISCO FUNK SPECIAL: THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND LAGOS DANCEFLOOR 1974-1979. Taking obvious cues from stateside horn-driven funk ensembles like B.T. Express, Ohio Players and the J.B.'s, the propulsive dancefloor beats are punctuated by horn blasts and the scratchy, repetitive insistence of rhythm guitars--a sound with distinctive echoes of the ringing melodicism of highlife guitar sections. Highlights on this funky slice of Afro-disco include: Asikos's "Lagos City," an energetic blast of African brass, and Dr. Adolf Ahanotu's "Ijere," a slick, overdriven funk number done in a distinctly Nigerian style.

Nigerian musicians adopt '70s funk and disco in this collection of rarities.

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