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We are pleased to welcome you once more aboard Africa Airways. For your third flight your pilot has informed us of some particularly adverse turbulence en-route. Your trip may be multi-coloured, the winds may be swirling and the clouds may be kaleidoscopic. Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts for your mind-expanding journey through the Afro-Psych skies. Opening up proceedings are Afro National from Sierra Leone. Their progressive psyche-highlife foot-stomper setting down a marker for things to come. Next it is Ifang Bondi who serves up a swirling concoction of powering afro rhythms, fuzz guitar, magic flute, fuzz organ, all underpinned with a driving powerful driving bass line. Next stop is Mali where Sory Bamba serves up the highlight from his 1979 album "Kanaga 78". An early use of psychedelic synthesizer paired cleverly with pulsating bass guitar and harsh choppy guitar. We step forward in time a few years for the distorted guitar chords and over-stacked beats of "Nzango" by African Black. Bunzu Soundz from Ghana close side A with their choppy, percussive, "Zinabu". Messi Jacques & Les Dissoumbas de Libreville open up side B with "Onga Ben Ma Na Mene Mebua", prepare for an onslaught of psych organ, crazed drumming and eeechho vocals to the max. Decca West Africa, Nigerian favorites Ofo and The Black Company grind out the psych factor next with their conga driven fuzz fest "Allah Wakbarr". The Damas Swing Orchestra slow proceedings down with their afro left-field swing micro epic "Odylife". We take a brief detour via Indonesia for the AKA and their dance floor mover "Shake Me". It's a track of two halves. Psychedelic throughout but in the second half things swing fast and funky. We close down with the master Manu Dibango. Proving he can turn his hand to just about any genre of music, the Cameroonian legend delivers his pensive, xylo-driven, riff locked, soundtrack epic "Ceddo" to close out our journey. Welcome to your destination. We hope you enjoyed your trip.

Track List
  1. Push Am Forward (Afro National)
  2. Atis-A-Tis (Ifang Bondi and The Afro Mandingue Sounds)
  3. Kanaga 78 (Sory Bamba)
  4. Nzango (African Black)
  5. Zinabu (Bunzu Soundz)
  6. Onga Ben Ma Na Mene Mebua (Messi Jacques & Les Dissoumbas De Libreville)
  7. Allah Wakbarr (Ofo & The Black Company)
  8. Odylife (Damas Swing Orchestra)
  9. Shake Me (AKA)
  10. Ceddo (Manu Dibango)


Protection
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.

Packaging
All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.


UPC5055373527758
Released2016-12-02
StylesPsychedelic, Afrobeat, African
Record Label Africa Seven
Categories
A1Push Am Forward
A2Atis-A-Tis
A3Kanaga 78
A4Nzango
A5Zinabu
B1Onga Ben Ma Na Mene Mebua
B2Allah Wakbarr
B3Odylife
B4Shake Me
B5Ceddo

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