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VA - The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa (2012)

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VA - The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa (2012)

VA - The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa (2012)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, booklet) - 553 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 293 MB
1:48:36 | African, Highlife, Afrobeat, Funk, Psychedelic | Label: World Music Network / Music Rough Guides

The 1960s and 1970s across Africa were decades defined by bright optimism and clashing sensibilities. Music plunged through the heart of this dynamic time and was a powerful tool of expression. Far-out psychedelic-sounding rock mixed with a thick dollop of deep funk and soul became the sound of a generation.

On this Rough Guide Nigerian guitar maestro Sir Victor Uwaifo employs the sweet harmonies and gently lilting textures of highlife, mixed with echoing horns and distorted guitar lines, resulting in a heady psychedelic brew. His seminal track ‘Guitar Boy’, included on this album, was a huge hit in 1966. Celestine Ukwu’s gentle track ‘Obialu Be Onye Abiagbunia Okwukwe’ also includes a highlife groove, played at a laid-back tempo and teasingly interspersed with swooping, bent notes played on a pedal steel guitar. On ‘Let Yourself Go’, Olaiya rasps and growls his vocals above tightly stacked horn lines that, along with the percussion, pound out a straight-ahead groove.

East African psychedelic music often has a darker, jazzier feel, inferred from the use of traditional modes and harmonies. Hailing from Ethiopia, Alèmayèhu Eshèté’s music is brooding Ethio-jazz with a splash of psychedelia in the form of a winding high-pitched guitar, a booming amplified bass line and interjecting keyboard figures.

This Rough Guide also includes music from musicians who have successfully re-launched their careers on the contemporary ‘world music’ scene. Enjoy the revived retro sounds of Orchestra Baobab, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and Ebo Taylor.

To top it all off this original compilation comes with a full-length bonus album from none other than Sir Victor Uwaifo himself. First recorded in 1971, enjoy Ekassa in fully re-mastered splendour.

Tracklist
1-1 Victor Olaiya's All Stars International*– Let Yourself Go 2:07
1-2 Celestine Ukwu– Obialu Be Onye Abiagbunia Okwukwe 6:15
1-3 Orchestra Poly-Rythmo*– Pardon 3:41
1-4 Orchestra De La Paillotte*– Kadia Blues 4:58
1-5 Alèmayèhu Eshèté*– Eruq Yaleshew 3:32
1-6 Balla Et Ses Balladins– Fadakudu 5:42
1-7 Milmani Park Orchestra– Taxi Driver 6:22
1-8 Orchestra Baobab– Nijaay 7:12
1-9 Ebo Taylor– Nga Nga 5:23
1-10 Victor Uwaifo– Guitar Boy 5:41
1-11 Rail Band– Wale Numa Lombaliya 13:26

Bonus CD: Ekassa
2-1 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 28 5:19
2-2 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 34 4:41
2-3 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 31 3:57
2-4 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 32 3:21
2-5 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 25 2:29
2-6 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 38 5:06
2-7 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 24 3:59
2-8 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 26 5:43
2-9 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 35 3:45
2-10 Victor Uwaifo– Ekassa 29 3:06
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Various Artists / The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa

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Sir Victor Uwaifo / Ekassa

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