v/a- EDO FUNK EXPLOSION Vol.1: Nigeria 1980-1985 2LP

Includes d/l code.

Double LP includes 20-pg full colour booklet. Gatefold sleeve.

It was in Benin City, in the heart of Nigeria, that a new hybrid of intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk was born. It first emerged in the late 1970s when a group of musicians began to experiment with different ways of integrating elements from their native Edo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming from West Africa's night-clubs.

Unlike the rather polished 1980's Nigerian disco productions coming out of the international metropolis of Lagos Edo Funk was raw and reduced to its bare minimum. The repetitive nature, the skeletal composition and the relentless exploitation of synthesizers, electric guitars and 80's effect racks resulted in a spiced up brew with an odd psychedelic note.

1. Africa Is My Root - Osayomore Joseph And The Creative Seven

2. Ta Gha Hunsimwen - Akaba Man and The Nigie Rokets

3. Popular Side - Akaba Man And The African Pride

4. Iranm Iran - Sir Victor Uwaifo And His Titibitis

5. Sakpaide No.2 - Sir Victor Uwaifo And His Titibitis

6. Ta Ghi Rare - Akaba Man and The Nigie Rokets

7. My Name Is Money - Osayomore Joseph

8. Ogbov Omwan - Akaba Man and The Nigie Rokets

9. Aibalegbe - Sir Victor Uwaifo And His Titibitis

10.Who Know Man - Osayomore Joseph And The Ulele Power Sound

11.Obviemama - Sir Victor Uwaifo And His Titibitis

12.Ororo No De Fade - Osayomore Joseph And The Ulele Power Sound