African Music Machine ~ DiSCO Hi-LiFE

Get into the west african Funk scene of late seventies from the cameroonian and nigerian highlife's post era. This "new wave" of Funk adds an african touch to the US Disco, Boogie & Jazz-Funk styles, featuring multi-instrumentalists, arrangers and influential producers such as Pasteur Lappé, Emma Baloka, J.M. Tim & Foty, Orlando Julius, Jo Bisso, Eko Roosevelt, Livy Ekemezie, Odion Iruoje and many others. All tracks recorded between 1977-1983. Compiled & Mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Various - Doing It In Lagos

Year : 2016
Label : Soundway Records
Genre : Funk/Soul, Pop
Style : Disco, Boogie, Afro Funk

Twenty amazing funky songs from the Nigerian pop & club music recorded between late 1970s and early 1980s, compiled by british label Soundway Records. The songs are the reflect of a joyful period, all were recorded during the short democratic interlude in Nigeria from 1979 to 1983, before the military dictatorship back. A new generation of artists featuring Steve Monite, Livy Ekemezie or Willy Roy have been emerge on the Lagos musical scene. Moving away the Afrobeat and nigerian highlife era, they were supported by influential producers like Odion Iruoje, and perfectly suited for dancefloor with the casualness brings by the disco style (Donna Summer or Michael Jackson), but adding their Afro touch. "Doing It In Lagos" has been concieved as the ultimate dance compilation including various styles as Funk (Willy Roy - Don't Give Up), Pop (Burnis Moleme - Where Is The Answer), Boogie (Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body / Godfrey Odili - Let's Do More Music), Jazz Funk (Gboyega Adelaja - Colourful Environment) and Disco (Ofege - Burning Jungle) closed to House music (Steve Monite - Only You).

  

DISC 1 : Hotline - Fellas Doing It In Lagos / Peter Addul - Don't You Know / Steve Monite - Only You / Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life / Kio Amachree - Ivory / Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action  

DISC 2 : Willy Roy - Don't Give Up / Danny Offia - Funk With Me / Rick Asikpo - Too Hot Toby Foyeh - Ore Mi / Gboyega Adelaja - Colourful Environment / Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body

DISC 3 : Burnis Moleme - Where Is The Answer / Sony Enang - Don't Stop That Music / Nkono Teles - Be My Lady / Veno - Groove I Like / Godfrey Odili - Let's Do More Music / Terry Mackson - Distant Lover / Ofege - Burning Jungle / Lexy Mella - On The Air

Sound President Odion Iruoje - Down To Earth

Year : 1983
Label : Odion Limited
Genre : Funk, Electronic
Style : Afrobeat, Boogie Funk, Afro Funk, Rap

An insane self-produced album by a renowned nigerian producer, Odion Iruoje, originally released on his own label Odion Ltd and featuring, among other, Akin Yuba (music direction) and Tunde Williams (horns) from the Africa '70. The man behinds some sound materials of Fela Kuti albums, recorded during the 1970-1973 period, produced a musical U.F.O., mixing Boogie (Love Care), Zulu rap (Identify With Your Root), Afro-funk (Ikebe) & Juju music, adding digital sound effects and drum machines, all creating an hypnotic music which drives us, not so far of a transe state.  Odion was an influential actor of the Nigerian Afro Funk scene active during the seventies and the eighties, working for EMI, he signed Fela and brings back into his fold, many nigerian funk band including Ofege. Titles includes also the catchy song "Anogo / Giri" & the electronic disco tune "Aro Affair (Crazy Scene)". All songs arranged, composed and produced by Odion Iruoje

Livy Ekemezie - Friday Night

Year : 2017/1983
Label : Odion Livingstone/Linic Major Production Records
Genre : Disco
Style : Funk/Soul, Boogie

The reissue of nigerian Holy Grail record "Friday Night", entirely arranged, composed and produced by multi-instrumentalist Livy Ekemezie. This "impossible to find" was originally released in 1983 and was never reissued, until the british label "Soundway" decided to bring it up to date, with the song "Holiday Action" (included in the Boogie Disco compilation "Doin' It In Lagos" in 2016). "Friday Night" is the epitome of the original Nigerian disco-funk sound that could be produced in the early '80s, focusing compositions based on powerful bass grooves and heavy keyboards sounds. Titles include the funky insane song "Get It Down", the boogie-woogie anthem "Friday Night" and the brilliant "Delectation" problably inspired from "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder.