Nigeria Soul Fever: Afro Funk, Disco and Boogie: West African Disco Mayhem!

Nigeria Soul Fever: Afro Funk, Disco and Boogie: West African Disco Mayhem!

Nigeria Soul Fever: Afro Funk, Disco and Boogie: West African Disco Mayhem!

Nigeria Soul Fever: Afro Funk, Disco and Boogie: West African Disco Mayhem!

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Overview

Following their excellent Nigeria Freedom Sounds! compilation, which covered the newly independent country's early-'60s era, Soul Jazz delivers another gem, this time chronicling Nigeria's vibrant late-'70s disco and funk scene. As highlife and calypso acts slowly gave way to the influence of American R&B and funk, the West African nation suffered a horrific civil war in 1967. When the dust tentatively settled, a new breed of young bands had emerged in the capital city of Lagos, ushering in a new decade of music that melded traditional Yoruban rhythms with soul, funk, reggae, rock, and disco. By the mid-'70s, however, a countrywide ban on "luxury goods" was imposed, which included the import of records, leaving the Nigerian music scene to gestate and develop purely on a local level. Over the span of two extremely funky discs, Nigeria Soul Fever: Afro Funk, Disco and Boogie: West African Disco Mayhem! shines a light on this era when artists like Joni Haastrup, Christy Essien, and Tee Mac were at the top of their game, though unknown to the greater world. Filled with previously unavailable rarities, Nigeria Soul Fever is solid front to back, with plenty of high points like Essien's empowered anthem "You Can't Change a Man," Haastrup's powerful "Greetings," and the deep funk of Arakatula's "Mr. Been To." There are some straight-up dance tracks like Haastrup's "Do the Funkro" and Benis Cletin's synth jam "Get Up and Dance," but several also meld politically minded themes with hard grooves, like Arakatula's "Wake Up Africa" and "Free My People," another Haastrup gem, proving why he's the star of this show. Impeccably curated and quite a lot of fun, this collection is another winner from Soul Jazz's ever-impressive stable of reissues. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date: 09/16/2016
Label: Soul Jazz
UPC: 5026328003443

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Free My People  - Joni Haastrup
  2. You Can't Change a Man  - Christy Essien
  3. Afrikana Disco  - Akin Richards
  4. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo  - Tee Mac
  5. Greetings  - Joni Haastrup
  6. Ocheche (Happy Song)  -  Don Bruce & the Angels

Disc 2

  1. Get up and Dance  - Benis Cletin
  2. Enoviyin  -  Colomach
  3. Do the Funkro  - Joni Haastrup
  4. Living Everyday  - Tee Mac
  5. Mr Been To  -  Arakatula

Disc 3

  1. Disco Dancing  - Angela Starr
  2. Wake Up Your Mind  - Joni Haastrup
  3. Nwaeze  -  Jimmy Sherry & the Musik Agents
  4. Soul Fever  - Benis Cletin
  5. Wake up Africa  -  Arakatula

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Benis Cletin   Primary Artist,Organ,Guitar,Vocals
Akin Richards   Primary Artist
Angela Starr   Primary Artist,Vocals
Don Bruce & the Angels   Primary Artist
Arakatula   Primary Artist
Tee Mac   Primary Artist,Flute
Joni Haastrup   Primary Artist,Vocals
Colomach   Primary Artist
Christy Essien   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jimmy Sherry & the Musik Agents   Primary Artist
Bukannah Blues   Percussion
Chris Okonkwo   Sax (Tenor)
Dety Dusty Edet   Bass
Pierre Lezek   Guitar (Rhythm)
Papa Soja   Drums
Sylvester Degbor   Piano (Electric)
The Marvellets   Vocals (Background)
Tom Dovie   Organ
Victor Okandeji   Bass
Kingsley Opoku Asare   Organ
Stephen Lipson   Guitar
Gaspar Lawal   African Drums
Tony Okoroji   Bass,Percussion,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Marjorie Barnes   Vocals
Friday Pozo   Congas,Percussion
Tunder Shole   Guitar (Bass)
Dave Lawson   Synthesizer
Prince Bola   Drums
Nigel Jenkins   Guitar
Nee Quaison-Sackey   Guitar
Tunde Williams   Trumpet
Oscar Elimbi   Guitar (Electric)
Dizzy K. Falola   Vocals (Background)
El Mansour   Vocals (Background)
Ernest Mensah   Bass
Jimmy Sherry   Vocals
Peter Striker   Drums
Gold Finger   Violin
Simon Soul Oshijo   Guitar (Bass)
Berkley Jones   Guitar
Big John Oaikhena   Trumpet
Eji Oyewole   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Fredo Ndoumbez   Trumpet
Ghombi Myris   Drums,Percussion
Jake Sollo   Guitar (Rhythm)
Kayode Dosunmu   Guitar
Willy Roy   Piano,Synthesizer
Johny Wood   Keyboards
Frank Horley   Bass

Technical Credits

Benis Cletin   Composer
Akin Richards   Composer
Don Bruce & the Angels   Composer
Pierre Lezek   Composer
Sylvester Degbor   Composer
Joni Haastrup   Composer,Producer
Tony Okoroji   Producer
Emmanuel Odenusi   Producer
Adrian Self   Design
Bill Brewster   Liner Notes
Furious Frank   Composer
Odion Iruoje   Producer
Tee Mac   Composer
Gneni Mamadou   Composer
Guinness Boogie III   Design
Jimmy Sherry   Composer
Arthur Louis   Producer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Eugene Moule   Producer
Christy Essien   Composer
Arakatula   Composer
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