Track Listing 1. Adieu - Ofege 2. More Bread To The People - Action 13 3. In The Jungle (instrumental) - Hygrades 4. Odenigbo - Wings 5. Eniaro - Ofo The Black Company 6. Ku Mi Da Hankan - Elcados 7. Kenimania - Mono Mono 8. Finger Toe - Tabukah X 9. Acid Rock - Funkees 10. Cotocun Gba Gounke - Colomach 11. Another Man's Thing - Kologbo, Joe King & His Black Sound 12. Freaking Out - Question Mark 13. Igba Alusi - Original Wings 14. Omoba D'Eru Ri - Oyelana, Tunji 15. Chant To Mother Earth - Blo
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Miles Cleret (Compilation) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Stern's; Boombox Distribution Network | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes For the last few decades, the pop music styles most associated with Nigeria are Juju (as purveyed by its master, King Sunny Ade, aka The Minister of Enjoyment), or Afrobeat, a mutation of Highlife made internationally popular by the great Fela Kuti. Recordings of these proud and vibrant traditions have been accessible to American listeners for years.But the sounds on the amazing Nigeria Rock Special (the third installment of the excellent Nigerian pop compilation series from the Sound Way label) are much rarer and a bit weirder. One could try and tease out the various stylistic threads tangled up on these tracks by `70s Nigerian rock bands--polyrhythmic tribal drumming, fuzzed-out psychedelic guitars, Bootsy-esque basslines--or chart the cross-pollination (is it James Brown-influenced funk, Led Zep-inspired Afrobeat, psychedelic juju...)--but it's probably best to just put it on, shut up, and dance.
Editorial Reviews [A] brilliant new primer....[With] well known acts like Ofege and Mono Mono, alongside an impressive depth of obscurities. The Wire
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