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artist.....: VA
album......: Doing It In Lagos - Boogie Pop & Disco In 1980's Nigeria
year.......: 2016
label......: Soundway Records
SNDWCD087
source.....: WEB
moodswing..: Disco
releasesize: 267.07 MB
tracks.....: 21
length.....: 116:29
encoder....: LAME
quality....: 320kbps
scenealized: 12.16.2016
Soundway Records present a new
compilation of twenty rare and mostly
unavailable tracks from the slick and
sassy world of Nigerian pop music and
club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed
by an explosive oil boom and a return
to democracy after a series of military
dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the
years of the early 80's was mirrored by
its recording industry as countless
young artists and groups hit the
airwaves and dancefloors of the capital
and beyond. It was a glossy, brash new
form of pop music born out of ashes of
late 1970s disco and funk and, just as
in America, was the soundtrack to a new
generation for whom money, style and
flirtation trumped the overblown
psychedelia of the previous decade.
Eager to sound as American as possible
with no hint of the fervour for afro-
beat, afro-rock and afrocentric
thinking that the 1970s had thrown up,
a new generation of young artists and
performers turned their backs on their
cultural roots in music and sought a
new kind of stardom and fame firmly
connected to the glossy, snazzy world
of the 1980s that was erupting in the
USA and Europe. The 1970s flares and
cuban heels began to disappear, in
their place came sleek suits, rolled-up
sleeves, bow-ties, jumpsuits, leather
jackets, greased hair and a firm nod in
the stylistic direction of Michael
Jackson.
The earliest cuts on the collection are
firmly rooted within the deep disco
sound of 1979 & 1980 before progressing
into the boogie and pop that typified
the years 1982-84: falsetto vocals,
synths, slap-bass, handclaps and a
sharp emphasis on the groove. Steered
at the helm by a handful of legendary
producers who had cut their teeth in
the studios and groups 1970s (Jake
Sollo, Lemmy Jackson, Tony Essien,
Odion Iruoje) alongside some fresh new
faces (Nkono teles and Tony Okoroji)
the scene was fronted by a new
generation of young singers both male
and female and with the economy
flourishing album sales were at an all
time high. This was the age of the
celebrity, mobile club-DJ and with
vastly improved sound equipment,
recorded music quickly began to
displace live bands in the discos and
clubs of a quickly expanding Lagos.
These were places where a seamless mix
of American and local music played all
night - ever more pressure for Nigerian
recordings to stand up against the
offerings from overseas prompting some
producers and artists to record in
London or the USA despite Lagos having
the best studios in West Africa.
With a never-ending discussion about
what "World Music" may or may not be
and in a time where the influence of
African, Latin and Caribbean music is
firmly accepted as an instrumental and
integral ingredient in the formation of
disco and proto-house music, this
compilation hopes to make a strong case
for the Nigerian chapter of the story.
This is disco-boogie-pop music that
just happens to be from Nigeria and as
such deserves to sit in the correct
section of the record store and not in
the restricting confines of the "World
Music" ghetto despite its geographic
provenance. Echoes of the vast
compendium of 1960 & 70s sounds from
West Africa's biggest recording
industry are there if you listen
carefully just as Soca and Latin music
is echoed in the disco and soul of New
York City but this is not music that
deserves to be sidelined just because
of where it's from.
Many of the original albums these
tracks are taken from fetch insane
prices online due to their rarity and
so it's with great pleasure that we
present a selection here that evokes a
golden boomtime in Nigerian music
history. It's perhaps not for the
purists who think they know what
African music should sound like but
hey, relax ...this music should make
you make move, make you smile,
(hopefully make some of you reminisce
over your youth) '. it's what it was
made for.
Url:https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.co
m/album/doing-it-in-lagos
Fcuk'n enjoy!
psst, more info at soundwayrecords.com
01 Hotline - Fella's Doint it in Lagos 05:37
02 Peter Abdul - Don't You Know 03:46
03 Steve Monite - Only You 06:21
04 Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life 06:17
05 Kio Amachree - Ivory 05:11
06 Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action 05:13
07 Willy Roy - Don't Give Up 06:38
08 Danny Offia - Funk with Me 05:23
09 Rick Asik - Too Hot 05:17
10 Terry Mackson - Distant Lover 05:35
11 Ofege - Burning Jungle 03:24
12 Odion Iruoje - Identify with Your Root 06:47
13 Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body 06:17
14 Burnis Moleme - Where is the Answer 07:01
15 Sony Enang - Don't Stop that Music 05:14
16 Veno - Groove I Like 03:39
17 Godfrey Odili - Let's Do More Music 07:40
18 Toby Foreh - Ore Mi 05:45
19 Gboyega Adelaja - Colourful Environment 05:22
20 Lexy Mella - On the Air 05:33
21 Nkono Teles - Be My Lady (Mix) 04:29