I picked up the 'Who Is William Onyeabor?' album the other day and it made me remember just why buying vinyl is a beautiful thing. Not only have Luka Bop Records managed to persuade this elusive guy to release his fine music as a compilation, it also comes on three pieces of quality vinyl, with fantastic artwork for each record. Not only do I get to hear the music at its best, but the artwork can be fully appreciated. What an artist to discover as well!! In deepest Eastern Nigeria, William - who is now a tribal leader - was making music in the late 1970s using an early synthesiser. This predates, synth pop, Afrika Bambaata and Detroit techno but you can hear elements of all of them on this record. Whilst all the British, European and American music was feeding off each other, little did they know that a Nigerian guy was making his own version with this incredible Afro, elctro funk!!
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