May 18, 2019 william onyeabor good name theres a tense moment in the 2014 william onyeabor documentary, fantastic man, when the nigerian musicians former distributor obinna obi reluctantly discloses an incident that made people get scared of him. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. William onyeabor world psychedelic classics 5 who is. William onyeabor enugu, nigeria, 29 march 1946 16 january 2017 was a nigerian afrofunk, musician, singer and songwriter. Find william onyeabor discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Crashes in love 2nd version by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. View william onyeabor song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings. The highlight of the trip came when onyeabor was looking at a copy of 1983s good name and. 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. On good name, the guitars sear, the sputtering drum machines skitter fast as rats, and onyeabors keys bear a frayed and serrated tone as he singsa trace of desperation in his voice. It was 2011, and i only had a very low quality mp3, but the production of the music and the vocal delivery were so raw and exciting and. His music was widely heard in nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but he remained an enigmatic figure, private and reclusive.
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Something youll never forget, taken from the record crashes in love wlp 1001, 1977, music from the film crashes in love. William onyeabor studied cinematography in russia for many years, returning to nigeria in the mid70s to start his own wilfilms music label and to set up a music and film production studio. 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 80s, making music completely unique for his time. William onyeabor fantastic man by perfruor free listening. His music was widely heard in nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but he rema. William onyeabor good name by luaka bop free listening. Artists on this album include jamie lidell, alexis taylor, charles lloyd, money mark, pat mahoney and ahmed gallab.
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Luaka bop, the world of music record label started by david byrne features electronic music, psychedelic music, music from africa, brazil, peru, london, brooklyn, and elsewhere. Get hold off a track from legendary nigerian artists first record label release. 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. Includes unlimited streaming of crashes in love 2nd version. Since i came to know you baibe ive been telling you how sweet youre ive been telling you how good youre now i want you try to tell me how i look. He died peacefully in his sleep following a brief illness, at his home in enugu, nigeria.
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Available for the first time as individual vinyl lps. Also picked up at the brooklyn flea record fair this weekend the triple lp who is william onyeabor. Edit release all versions of this release new submission. After all, it is said that where there is love god is there and god is love. Onyeabors songs are often heavily rhythmic and synthesized, occasionally epic in scope, with lyrics decrying war and sung by both onyeabor himself and female backing vocalists. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. My other concern was that the songs posted to youtube and used to make who is william onyeabor would be the cream of an otherwise barren crop. Songteksten voor fantastic man van william onyeabor. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 afrofunk legend william onyeabors perfect debut. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from william onyeabor at the discogs marketplace. The world was clued in to william onyeabors talents years ago with the inclusion of his brilliant better change your mind on two of the high profile early releases of west african music from the 70s. The fiveyear quest to reissue william onyeabor music the. Stretching from the new yorkinfluenced postpunk synth funk of good name to the most authentic afro fusion of why go to war, onyeabors range not only reflects his clear creative skill, but also the everdeveloping international language of music during the fruitful period he.
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In the story, a boy visits the enigmatic superstar to chase royalties. He recorded a number of hit songs in nigeria during the 70s, the biggest of which was atomic bomb in 1978. The music of william onyeabor, two events on may 23 in which the headline act himself will not be. His surprising no other african musician was recording synthesizers thenor, in my mind, creating anything that sounded similar recordings, his conscious lyrics and messages and his entrepreneurial ambitions up until selling them late last year, he had his own vinyl mastering and pressing machines. William onyeabor good name by luaka bop free listening on. This release is volume 5 of the world psychedelic classics series by luaka bop. Today, he is reaching cult status among a growing list of admirers, including. Atomic bomb remixes, something you will never forget policy remix, body and soul scientist remix, good name remix, body and soul remix, top tracks.
His business successes saw him named west african industrialist of the year in 1987. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 o p i u m h u m. Stretching from the new yorkinfluenced postpunk synth funk of good name to the most authentic afro fusion of why go to war, onyeabors range not only reflects his clear creative skill, but also the everdeveloping international language of music during the fruitful period he was active. The highlight of the trip came when onyeabor was looking at a copy of 1983s good name and began singing and playing air keyboards with evident. The atomic bomb band plays the music of william onyeabor. Recorded live in the studio by a band of touring musicians that played william onyeabors music over the previous few years. The first william onyeabor track i ever heard was good name. Heres some excellent news for your friday afternoon. William onyeabor passed away at his home in nigeria day before yesterday. Owl city and carly rae jepsen good time mp3 download qoret.
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