Artist : Orlando Julius And The Afro Sounders
Title : Selftitled (1973)
Genre : Funk
Year : 2011
Date : 03/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 06
Label : Voodoofunk
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 34:14 min
Size : 49,2 MB
Tracklist:
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01.yio si da miliki beat 05:35
02.afro instrumental 05:45
03.osika ranti 05:53
04.buje buje 05:35
05.aseni 05:53
06.kete kete koro 05:33
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34:14 min
Orlando Julius has been a well known
name on the West African music scene all
through the 1960s and 70s. His early
work was recorded in the Philips studios
under the strict supervision of their
house producers who were putting an
emphasis on a pleasant and swinging
sound that was jugging along in a
pleasant way, bridging big band highlife
music with American soul.
In 1972 and 1973, Orlando Julius and his
band The Afrosounders visited the
legendary ARC Lagos studio of Ginger
Baker and what OJ and the gang put to
tape there was an entirely different
beast: They recorded and album packed
with unadulterated, funky Afrobeat of
the heaviest caliber.
The soundtrack to the video above is a
shortened version of "Aseni", recorded
directly from my original vintage vinyl
copy. Only a short edit of one out of
six long and epic killer tunes which are
all included on this record
For the first time, Orlando and the his
band were able to really let loose and
showcase their full power with an
unfiltered impact. They laid down six
epic tracks that from a Funk or Afrobeat
perspective definitely count as
Orlando's strongest work but it seemed
that Philips were not too happy with
this result. They completely botched the
distribution of this record and while
Orlando's earlier and later work has all
been re-issued over the past years,
sometimes multiple times and from
various international labels, this, his
best record has remained under the radar
and virtually unknown to the worldwide
community of African music lovers. This
was until I was sitting in my friend
Damian Iwuagwu's house in Lagos back in
January of 2010, drinking a cold Star
beer and enjoying the evening when he
casually handed me this LP and asked
"what about this one, I got this the
other day and I don't think I've ever
seen it before".
Now this record is re-released with its
original artwork and extensive liner
notes written by Orlando Julius himself,
including loads of great vintage
photographs.
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