Nigeria 70 (Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos) (Vinyl 2xLP) Latin & World

Nigeria 70 (Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos) (Vinyl 2xLP) Latin & WorldAnother installation in Strut's cracking Nigeria 70 series is always something to get excited about. As with the previous two, Sweet Times Afro Funk, Highlife & Juju from 1970s Lagos is another killer set of tunes culled from this most exciting of musical epochs. Strut dig deep here, serving up a baker's dozen of winning tracks that crossbreed native Nigerian styles with funk, soul, disco and rock. Comes with extensive liner notes from West African

A live New York recording from 1973

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and swooning sunrise vocals

The other tracks on this first volume celebrate such pioneers of modern Ethiopian groove as Girma Bèyènè

Tony Allen completely rewrote the books on what was possible within the AfroBeat genre with his stunning 1999 album

LP - 180 Gram Heavyweight vinyl

A rhythmic framework started to come together too: the structures of UK bass music and rave began to seep into beats that would become tracks like "Otomo" (eventually co-produced by O'Flynn and featuring a sample of the Bulgarian choir 100 Kaba-Gaidi)

used his music to lament social injustices and political corruption in his native Nigeria

who have long championed for this release

"We had to create our own buzz

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