As our good friend, and fellow afro-beat enthusiast, Gorilla vs Bear, mentioned last week, Soundway Records has just released the compilation Nigeria Special featuring funk, r&b, afrobeat, soul, highlife, psych, and other subgenres from the region. I have many a collection from this era and region, and, so far, this comp is hanging with with the best of them.
Elsewhere: Jeff Weiss currently has a Fela Kuti MP3 primer up on his site. It’s a great intro to the late Kuti’s incredibly vast catalog.
Download:
MP3: Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National :: Okwukwe Na Nchekwube
MP3: The Anambra Beats :: Ayamma
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Purchase: Nigeria Special - Nigerian Blues 1970-76
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now i’m on a fela bender… i suppose that’s not an entirely bad thing.
1 | theMike February 16th, 2008 at 3:51 pmDoood…love this stuff. Right up Y2’s alley.
2 | Younging #2 February 16th, 2008 at 6:55 pmI’m reading Fela’s bio right now. Insane life, man. Also picked up Ghana Soundz recently - another great collection.
3 | CHW February 18th, 2008 at 11:50 amCHW, great purchase. Ghana Soundz is fantastic - I play “woman made the devil” a lt on my shows.
4 | Satisfied '75 February 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm