Ive never read do androids dream of electric sheep. The album introduced onyeabors infectious music to a wider audience and was included on time magazines top 10 albums of the year and named a best new reissue by pitchfork. It proves luaka bops compilation who is william onyeabor was no fluke, and many of the songs left off it are just as good as the ones included. This fine nigerian master has made many an appearance on the blogosphere, but in the interest of continuing to vigorously spread the very good word of mr. The last 50 or so are usually streaming, but all 14 years of posts are available to view. Welcome ye fare forwarded voyagers to my humble abode for all that is under appreciated in the world of recorded music. African synth music mix a tribute to william onyeabor by brain magazine. Use the archives directory below or the older posts link on the bottom right to select a past show or month. The nigerian mythic music pioneer, william onyeabor has passed away at the age of 70. Crashes in love boxset 1 of 2 vinyl lp william onyeabor. I hope you will find a gem or two before you mosey on down the road. My friend evan put me on to a new compilation of psychedelic african funk music released by luaka bop called world psychdelic classics vol. I mostly post recent finds from my digging expeditions across the land, but occasionally i will post up random. William onyeabor anything you sow 1985, vinyl discogs.
In june of 1901, recording engineer fred gaisberg was in russia for the gramophone company. Supertight performances all around, shredtastic solos, riffs thatll make you uppercut everyone around you, and lyrics about how the government totally sucks and going to church is total bullshit, man. Ive really enjoyed learning about the enigmatic william onyeabor and listening to his excellent musical legacy. One third of thee polyvinyl craftsmen along with laggers and miggins. Cosmologies is now available on bandcamp as a free or pay what you want hey, every little bit helps. In 2014, the film documentary fantastic man followed, as well as the atomic bomb. Includes unlimited streaming of world psychedelic classics 5. New releases store catalog tours podcast gimme videos history. Sidea preaches love which is the surest way to peace, harmony and happiness. William onyeabor passed away at his home in nigeria day before yesterday.
We encrypt all traffic involving personal data with industrystandard ssl certificates and we are also pci compliant meaning that we follow all current data security standards and undergo weekly scans monitoring our security status. Awkunanaw voice publications serves as an information and. Payment security we take the security of our website and of your transactions extremely seriously. I specialize in the past but the current is certainly not completely ignored either. I mostly post recent finds from my digging expeditions across the land, but occasionally i will post up random things as. William onyeabor anthology box set 2014 the curtain with. A shimmering wall of guitars or brass, in one instance grounded by propulsive, postpunky drumming. Lets start with 1978s atomic bomb, his second record which i believe i originally came across at the excellent blog big head stevenson. Jan 30, 2017 in 2014, the film documentary fantastic man followed, as well as the atomic bomb. William onyeabor is a box set of five of the albums elusive nigerian synthfunk pioneer william onyeabor selfreleased between 1977 and 1985 remastered and. Aug 11, 2015 william onyeabor anything you sow luaka bop. Get hold off a track from legendary nigerian artists first record label release. He never got his deserved success on the world stage like he should have. Jan 18, 2017 one of my favorites has past away today.
Completely original and highly influential william. Awkunanaw voice publications serves as an information and enlightenment center similar to any public. Awkunanaw voice publications is a jointly sponsored partnership between microcredit solutions limited and concerned indigenes of awkunanaw clan. Download this episode right click and save this weeks selection. In the meantime, you can download a free digital copy of cosmologies and preorder the vinyl over at bandcamp. Oct 20, 20 if fela kuti was a child of james brown, fellow nigerian william onyeabor is something like the nextgeneration musical offspring of parliamentfunkadelic. A brief digest of gcs recent favorite afrobeat finds on the internets. Preorder on bandcamp the practice of human flight the idea for the title comes from a series of dreams i had when i was a.
There are now 10 new rfw transmissions featured on the front page. Song my love can sing, radio girl, where the light takes you. Photography as the schrodingers cat paradox actually, though, i guess you can just purchase your tribe now you can buy likes or followers just like ordering chinese takeaway 10,000 likes for 70 bucks i wonder if they throw in a beyonce download and. Following the eight albums onyeabor selfreleased between 1978 and 1985, he became a bornagain christian, refusing ever to speak about himself or his music again. Tried the link but it doesnt work please let me know of it can be reupped, best wishes. The music was compiled by uchenna ikonne and was the. To me, they seemed to have stalled, and i didnt enjoy any of joel gibbs newer songs as much as i did those that sprung from his initial burst of inspiration. Elliott is on am 1690 the voice of the arts on monday nights from 79pm for radio undefined crews is on wxdu on tuesday mornings from ten to noon email dark doesnt want to own her, but he cant let her have it both ways. William onyeabor selfreleased eight albums in southeastern nigeria between 1978 and 1985, all of them now nearly impossible to find. William onyeabor good name by luaka bop free listening. His surprising no other african musician was recording.
William onyeabor box set all of the african synth popfunk musicians albums lovingly compiled into a single box set with reproduction artwork. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. After all, it is said that where there is love god is there and god is love. Hes a mythwreathed nigerian musician who released eight albums of visionary selfproduced synthfunk on his own label between 1977 and 1985. Jun 12, 2011 william onyeabor anything you sow 1985. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 afrofunk legend william onyeabor s perfect debut.
Rhys chatham factor x 1983 hypnotic, instrumental art rock monoliths by nyc composer rhys chatham. The album is said to have been composed as a soundtrack to a movie onyeabor made a tragedy. Although i have not heard from united about a specific pressing date, i would expect to have my records in hand next week or sometime after the july 4 holiday. Stream william onyeabor good name by luaka bop from desktop or your mobile device. Tomorrow by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. I present to you now the fullyupdated william onyeabor megapost. You can also preorder the limited edition vinyl edition of the album, which is. William onyeabor good name laurie tuffrey, july 26th, 20 10. Spotlight on william onyeabor culture the guardian. Just watched fantastic man, fascinated by this bloke. Johnny mathis the best days of my life 1979 natalie cole i love you so 1979. Jan 31, 2014 the hidden cameras are a band i wondered if i would ever love again the way i did from about 200205. The vinyl and downloadable versions include four additional songs not present on the cd versions. Jul 31, 2015 wobbly lamps singles available on polyvinyl craftsmen records you can now buy wobbly lamps eps on polyvinyl craftsmen records directly from us.
Aug 18, 2018 awkunanaw voice publications is a jointly sponsored partnership between microcredit solutions limited and concerned indigenes of awkunanaw clan. Listen to william onyeabors fantastic man william onyeabor would never speak about himself and for a long time refused many of the. If you dont have a thankyou in your heart for feqwah then get outta my house. We are in the home stretch in preparing the release of cosmologies, my new limitededition vinyl album with drummer sam byrd. Jimmy edgar majenta the tropes swirling on exboy wonder jimmy edgars third album. Podcasting once a week from our vinyl box of delights in the back of beyond. They provide access to current reliable information about awkunanaw through book and magazines publications, the internet and local programming. To me, geoff dyer was the name on an excellent book about photography but no more, so i had to look up yoga for those who cant be bothered to. William onyeabor crashes in love get it crashes in love was released in 1977 on the artists own imprint, wilfilms, like every of his records all masterpieces. If fela kuti was a child of james brown, fellow nigerian william onyeabor is something like the nextgeneration musical offspring of parliamentfunkadelic. After a fiveyear odyssey to track down onyeabor, the luaka bop label released who is william onyeabor. Callandresponse vocals, rich hornsection melodies, and killer solos from every instrument in the bands arsenal, all as buoyant, percussionheavy grooves stay locked. William onyeabor good name by luaka bop free listening on. The singles are limited to 250 copies only and each record is handstamped and comes wrapped in a thick paper sleeve designed by pvc and wobbly lamps member paul lagden.
William onyeabor, cult nigerian musician, has died aged 70. Completely original and highly influential william was a musical genius long before the world was ready to discover him. Mar 06, 2012 i present to you now the fullyupdated william onyeabor megapost. Remembering william onyeabor features clash magazine. Daddy was the fourth child of the late evang abner ugwuogbodo onyeabor and the late ezinne eunice nwaejiofor onyeabor of larger family in amodu awkunanaw community. The album is said to have been composed as a soundtrack to a movie onyeabor made a tragedy of how an african princess rejects the love that money buys, as mentioned on the sleeve.
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