Awkunanaw voice publications serves as an information and enlightenment center. Good name has the tracks pressed on the wrong sides. William onyeabor better change your mind lyrics musixmatch. Good name by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. Payment security we take the security of our website and of your transactions extremely seriously. Awkunanaw voice publications is a jointly sponsored partnership between microcredit solutions limited and concerned indigenes of awkunanaw clan. Onyeabor represents the epitome of the golden era of nigerian funk, before he gave up a. 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. Crashes in love by william onyeabor on amazon music.
Tomorrow by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. 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. Following the eight albums onyeabor selfreleased between 1978 and 1985, he became a bornagain christian, refusing ever to. 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. Check out crashes in love by william onyeabor on amazon music. 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. I selected for today a track from the great william onyeabor, from enugu, nigeria. William onyeabor anthology box set 2014 the curtain with. 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. They provide access to current reliable information about awkunanaw through book and magazines publications, the internet and local programming. A brief digest of gcs recent favorite afrobeat finds on the internets. 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. Common sense tells me i shouldnt chance it and besides.
William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 afrofunk legend william onyeabor s perfect debut. 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. Good name is better than silver and gold and no money, no money, no money, no money, no money can buy good name i have a good name. 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.
William onyeabor afrobeat jazz and funk william onyeabor 26 march 1946 16 january 2017 was a nigerian funk musician and businessman. This fine nigerian master has made many an appearance on the blogosphere, but in the interest. 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 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 good name by luaka bop free listening. He never got his deserved success on the world stage like he should have. According to the album liner notes for the who is william onyeabor compilation released in 20, not very much is known about william onyeabor.
Conecte nas nossas plataformas connect on our platforms. 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. To download more of okechukwu nwatus une music donate to his estate. His music was widely heard in nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but he remained an enigmatic figure, private and reclusive. A diverse lineup of tremendously talented musicians celebrate the music of the elusive nigerian synthfunk pioneer william onyeabor. Get hold off a track from legendary nigerian artists first record label release. 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. Download william onyeabor atomic bomb 1978 320 mp3 256. 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. 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. Includes unlimited streaming of world psychedelic classics 5.
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. If you dont have a thankyou in your heart for feqwah then get outta my house. William onyeaboratomic bomb lpluaka bop vinyl records. Find similar artists to william onyeabor and discover new music. Luaka bop will celebrate its 25th anniversary with world psychedelic classics 5. 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. Lets fall in love the two sides of this great album speak for themselves. I present to you now the fullyupdated william onyeabor megapost. If fela kuti was a child of james brown, fellow nigerian william onyeabor is something like the nextgeneration musical offspring of parliamentfunkadelic. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 o p i u m h u m.
Song my love can sing, radio girl, where the light takes you. Properly forward, incredibly produced african synthfunk of the highest, weirdest, most catchy calibre imaginable. The download links can be found in the comments for each post. Pjassle tracks right click to download everydaywilliam onyeabor 1985 luiz wagner guitarreiro jorge ben 1981 gentle persuasion doug hream blunt 1998. Stream william onyeabor good name by luaka bop from desktop or your mobile device. Just watched fantastic man, fascinated by this bloke. Complete list of william onyeabor music featured in tv shows and movies. Good name is on side a, while lets fall in love is on side b, despite. Last year, david byrnes luaka bop label released who is william onyeabor. Completely original and highly influential william was a musical genius long before the world was ready to discover him.
William onyeabor box set all of the african synth popfunk musicians albums lovingly compiled into a single box set with reproduction artwork. Plays music of william onyeabor luaka bop boubacar traore. What is known is he made some really incredible music and he will be missed. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists youll love. William onyeabor born 29 march 1946 died 16 january 2017 was a nigerian funk singer and songwriter. Under the musical direction of ahmed gallab sinkane, atomic bomb. William onyeabor, cult nigerian musician, has died aged 70. 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. Preorder on bandcamp the practice of human flight the idea for the title comes from a series of dreams i had when i was a. This fine nigerian master has made many an appearance on the blogosphere, but in the interest of continuing to vigorously spread the very good word of mr.
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