William onyeabor was born outside enugu, a small, rural town in eastern nigeria, he created his own genre of african electronic funk in the late 70s and early. His music was widely heard in nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but he remained an enigmatic figure, private and reclusive. Onyeabor represents the epitome of the golden era of nigerian funk, before he gave up a. Johnny mathis the best days of my life 1979 natalie cole i love you so 1979. Daddy was the fourth child of the late evang abner ugwuogbodo onyeabor and the late ezinne eunice nwaejiofor onyeabor of larger family in amodu awkunanaw community. Includes unlimited streaming of world psychedelic classics 5. He never got his deserved success on the world stage like he should have. We encrypt all traffic involving personal data with industrystandard ssl certificates and we are also pci compliant meaning that we follow all current data security standards and undergo weekly scans monitoring our security status. William onyeabor march 26, 1946 january 16, 2017 it is with incredibly heavy hearts that we have to announce that the great nigerian business leader and mythic music pioneer william onyeabor has passed away at the age of 70. William onyeabor good name by luaka bop free listening.
Good name has the tracks pressed on the wrong sides. Complete list of william onyeabor music featured in tv shows and movies. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 afrofunk legend william onyeabor s perfect debut. Lets fall in love the two sides of this great album speak for themselves. Theres a sugarheavy extra mart across the street, but even under harsh interior florescence its been robbed at gunpoint three times in the past two years. Common sense tells me i shouldnt chance it and besides. Awkunanaw voice publications serves as an information and enlightenment center.
Listen to william onyeabors fantastic man william onyeabor would never speak about himself and for a long time refused many of the interview requests that came his way, continues the. A brief digest of gcs recent favorite afrobeat finds on the internets. Evangelist william ezechukwu onyeabor was born 26th march 1946 into the ogbodo onyeabor family in amodu awkunanaw in nkanu west local government area of enugu state of nigeria. Crashes in love by william onyeabor on amazon music. Song my love can sing, radio girl, where the light takes you. William onyeabor, cult nigerian musician, has died aged 70. Get hold off a track from legendary nigerian artists first record label release. Just watched fantastic man, fascinated by this bloke. If you dont have a thankyou in your heart for feqwah then get outta my house. A diverse lineup of tremendously talented musicians celebrate the music of the elusive nigerian synthfunk pioneer william onyeabor. According to the album liner notes for the who is william onyeabor compilation released in 20, not very much is known about william onyeabor. Callandresponse vocals, rich hornsection melodies, and killer solos from every instrument in the bands arsenal, all as buoyant, percussionheavy grooves stay locked in a mesmerizing state of rhythmic nirvana. Whatever the true background to this music see more details in this blog entry from the cd. Following the eight albums onyeabor selfreleased between 1978 and 1985, he became a bornagain christian, refusing ever to.
This fine nigerian master has made many an appearance on the blogosphere, but in the interest. The download links can be found in the comments for each post. The music of william onyeabor features performances by david byrne, money mark beastie boys, pat mahoney lcd soundsystem, alexis taylor hot chip, luke jenner the rapture. William onyeabor crashes in love get it crashes in love was released in 1977 on the artists own imprint, wilfilms, like every of his records all masterpieces. William onyeabor anthology box set 2014 the curtain with. William onyeabor born 29 march 1946 died 16 january 2017 was a nigerian funk singer and songwriter. Check out crashes in love by william onyeabor on amazon music. To download more of okechukwu nwatus une music donate to his estate.
Mr onyabor was a very prolific composer and producer 9 records between 1977 and 1985, owner of the wilfilms records label and who had his own record pressing plant. Elliott is on am 1690 the voice of the arts on monday nights from 79pm for radio undefined crews is on wxdu on tuesday mornings from ten to noon email dark doesnt want to own her, but he cant let her have it both ways. William onyeabor afrobeat jazz and funk william onyeabor 26 march 1946 16 january 2017 was a nigerian funk musician and businessman. Under the musical direction of ahmed gallab sinkane, atomic bomb.
Properly forward, incredibly produced african synthfunk of the highest, weirdest, most catchy calibre imaginable. The album is said to have been composed as a soundtrack to a movie onyeabor made a tragedy of how an african princess rejects the love that money buys, as mentioned on the sleeve. William onyeabor better change your mind lyrics musixmatch. They provide access to current reliable information about awkunanaw through book and magazines publications, the internet and local programming. William onyeabor box set all of the african synth popfunk musicians albums lovingly compiled into a single box set with reproduction artwork.
I selected for today a track from the great william onyeabor, from enugu, nigeria. Stream william onyeabor good name by luaka bop from desktop or your mobile device. Conecte nas nossas plataformas connect on our platforms. William onyeaboratomic bomb lpluaka bop vinyl records. Luaka bop will celebrate its 25th anniversary with world psychedelic classics 5. I originally came across at the excellent blog big head stevenson. Tomorrow by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. Find similar artists to william onyeabor and discover new music. Plays music of william onyeabor luaka bop boubacar traore. If fela kuti was a child of james brown, fellow nigerian william onyeabor is something like the nextgeneration musical offspring of parliamentfunkadelic. Optometry is a fulllength collaboration between triphop great dj spooky and a whole bunch of very talented jazz musicians, and its a remarkably even split between the two sonic worlds.
William onyeabor good name laurie tuffrey, july 26th, 20 10. Last year, david byrnes luaka bop label released who is william onyeabor. Good name is on side a, while lets fall in love is on side b, despite. Pjassle tracks right click to download everydaywilliam onyeabor 1985 luiz wagner guitarreiro jorge ben 1981 gentle persuasion doug hream blunt 1998. It proves luaka bops compilation who is william onyeabor was no fluke, and many of the songs left off it are just as good as the ones included.
Awkunanaw voice publications is a jointly sponsored partnership between microcredit solutions limited and concerned indigenes of awkunanaw clan. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists youll love. He studied cinematography in russia ussr for many years, returning to nigeria in the mid1970s to start his own wilfilms records music label and to set up a music and film production studio, wilfilms recording studios ltd. Download william onyeabor atomic bomb 1978 320 mp3 256. What is known is he made some really incredible music and he will be missed. Lyrics for better change your mind by william onyeabor. Following the eight albums onyeabor selfreleased between 1978 and 1985, he became a bornagain christian, refusing ever to speak about himself or his music again. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 o p i u m h u m. Side a lets fall in love preaches love which is the surest way to peace, harmony, and happiness. Completely original and highly influential william was a musical genius long before the world was ready to discover him.
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