Funk the Nigerian Way!

His musical career began in the 70′s but Body and Soul was recorded in 1980.

William Onyeabor by all accounts currently runs his own flour mill and has been crowned High chief of Enugu…Now you can’t say fairer than that.

If this pricks your ears you might want to check this track out too When the Going is Smooth and Good, surely Africa’s take on Kraftwerk with some kinds word of wisdom chucked in.

“When the going is good, you will have many friends,
They will call you many names, they will say they love you, they will say need you 
They will say you are great, and so on and so forth.

But when the going is tough, it is then they disappear,
And they never come back, when they come back they have come back to helping knocking you
Down down down down down down down.

That is bad, very very bad.” 

But we shouldn’t scoff and the lyrics, musically this man was well ahead of his time – Caribou/Daphni’s Ye Ye sampled him, and don’t tell me that Hot Chip never heard of William Onyeabor.

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Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are considered legends of ska and reggae music. Their sound is a unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock. Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, the leader of the group, was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He was the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir, but moved to Kingston in 1961 at the tender age of sixteen.

Excerpt from their official website

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Came across the Dukes around 2005 when they used to DJ in a local boozer in Shepherds Bush.

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Arguably the first Hip House track outside of Chicago. Its legend hardly needs covering and if you have not heard it before then back to music history classes you should go.

The Native tongues were the hip hop heavy-weights of their time punching out a hip hop template with a focus on African roots. De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers added ethniticity to a genre that would later influence the likes of Fugees & Arrested Development.

Check out RCDL LBL write up on the collective by Carter Maness

Jungle Brothers on Discogs

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A huge influence for many, and how good was the film Purple Rain? Musical fan I ain’t but if you are going to act, write & perform in a movie THIS is exactly how you should do it. Yeah the story line is flimsy, the acting a little hammy, but who gives a shit when this little purple fella does his stuff?

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Wishing everyone a fantastic 2012, here’s 3 hours of bouncy stuff to kick the Queen’s speech into touch, and to perhaps persuade Slade off your stereo and to hang that tartan up for once and for all.

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TRACKLISITNG

01. Rolling in the Deep (Carnivalism’s live edit) – Adele
02. Dance Hall Days (Psychemagik Leg Warmer Edit) – Wang Chung
03. Pull up to the Bumper – Grace Jones
04. Escape From Ibiza – Earl Zinger
05. Valarie (Carnivalism’s we miss you mix) – Amy Winehouse
06. Close To You – The Avalanches
07. Do I Do (U-Tern Disco Edit) – Stevie Wonder
08. Tryin to Get Over (PITCHBEN EDIT) – D-Train
09. Cadillac (The Revenge Rework) – Hot Chocolate
10. Stop Space Return – Crazy P
11. Reel Sweet – MAM
12. On The Streets (Friends edit) – Chamboche
13. Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison Remix) – Lana Del Rey
14. make me beleive in you remaster – Patti Jo
15. Cowboys & Gansters (Social Disco Club Edit) – Gichy Dan’s Beachwood # 9
16. Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble Edit) – The Beatles
17. Disco Free (Faze Action Edit) – Tele Music
18. It’s A War (Serge Santiago UK Re-Edit) – Kano
19. Funk Phenomena – Armand Van Helden
20. Nutdisco – Disco Dub – Prztz
21. Knowhow (Stanton Warriors Edit) – Young MC
22. Shake – Alex Kenji Main Mix – David Harness
23. Jet Set Action – Freaky behaviour
24. Bobby – Soul Clap
25. All About Me (Original Smack Mix) – Janet Rushmore
26. Everybody Be Somebody – Ruffneck
27. Contemplation (King Britt Funk Mix) – Josh One
28. u got me up (danny tenaglia mix) – DAJAE
29. The Midnight Mood E.P. (Music) – Audiowhores
30. At The Club – Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios Remix Timmy Regisford
31. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Regrooved by The Sly Players) – Michael Jackson
32. PMT / Deeper Water (Wookie Slut Extended Vocal Mix) – Brandon Block & Alex P
33. The Machine (Original Mix) – Baobinga, I.D.
34. I Feel For You – Chaka Khan
35. Satellite Snyper – Pantha Du Prince
36. Apple Bobbing – Joe Goddard

Octave One formed in the late 80′s in America and have predominantly produced techno music. Their original version of Blackwater was released in 2000 on 430 West Records with the vocal talents of Ann Sanderson. Interestingly Octave One remixed the track two years later also with an orchestra names the Urban Soul Orchestra who you might recognise for their work with Groove Armada and Nitin Sawhney.

Listen to the Original

Listen to the 2002 version

Two producers on duty for Gerd’s Palm Leaves remixes. Sometimes an amazing track like Palm Leaves just screams for a rework by someone who really could do something nice with it. And this seems to be the perfect remix duo… Larry Heard aka Mr Fingers and Deetron.

Clone Records
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