Psychedelic Sounds of West Africe Love's A Real Thing

CD Luakabop vvr1032442 Psychedelia, soul, and funk are words we use to broadly describe music, but they're almost intentionally open-ended-- and all three were global phenomena in the 1960s and 70s. African musicians reared on highlife and Cuban rhumba considered them as a unified palette, drawing freely from each as well as their own traditions to create the styles we know today-- Afrobeat, mbalax, soukous, benga, mbaqanga, and so on. The variety of sounds is staggering, and most of it is still waiting to be discovered outside of Africa. With such a huge amount of music and so little means of hearing it, we have to turn to compilations to help us find our way into it They've dug up some real gems, too, such as the title track, by Gambia's Super Eagles, a ripping soul/Britpop song full of sinewy guitar lines and dueling lead vocalists. Even with all the variety, there's not a weak selection here, nor anything that feels out of place. A glorious eclecticism is one of the defining characteristics of African popular music in its 1970s golden era, so it's entirely appropriate for a compilation like this to turn on a dime with every track. Beyond that, this offers plenty of other accoutrements like informative liner notes and a multimedia video for "Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome", not to mention the fact that only two of these songs are currently in print anywhere else. Simply put, this is a fantastic introduction to a broad range of vintage West African sounds, and one that's likely to please both devoted followers of African music and curiosity-seekers alike. Joe Tangari, May 3, 2005 Pitchfork review It may have taken the summer of love 10 year to get there but it was worth the wait. This is a great album, comes with a big thumbs up. EAC rip + log Cover FlAC Remember seed the weed!

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 pastafari (2009-06-27)

I've been listening to this at work all day. Oh man! As soon as I get home I'm gonna hit the bong and fly with this. This is incredible! :)

them_belly_full (2009-10-25)

nice.