Who Is William Onyeabor? (Vinyl 3xLP) Hard Rock

Who Is William Onyeabor? (Vinyl 3xLP) Hard RockThe early 21st Century, a shadowy figure rose from the dust that settled atop forgotten record collections throughout Africa, leaving behind trails of clues, but Luaka Bop unmask a phantom: the great William Onyeabor. He studied cinematography in Russia for many years, returning to Nigeria in the mid 70s to start his own Wilfilms label and set up a music and film studio. He recorded a number of hit songs in Nigeria during the 70s, the biggest was

rich vocal choruses and rolling triplet feel in the rhythm sections all boasted a unique Malagasy sensibility and singles started selling tens of thousands of copies

Taken with Turkish-styled funk and an almost Mumbai-esque take on soul

Crazy Feeling

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It contains a number of traditional songs

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a desperate effort to cash in on the library of tapes of the Small Faces

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with the fifth volume appearing in January 1973

the sound quality is from the tapes is dynamic and fresh

and blues to a mind-numbing aftermath