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v/a - love's a real thing - luaka bop - cd

Genre: African

1. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey - Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome
2. Super Eagles - Love s a Real Thing
3. Moussa Doumbia - Keleya
4. Manu Dibango - Ceddo End Title
5. Sorry Bamba, Sorry Bamba - Porry
6. No. 1 De No. 1 - Guajira Van
7. William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind
8. Ofo and The Black Company - Allah Wakbarr
9. Gaspar Lawal - Awon-Ojise-Oluwa
10. Bunzu Sounds - Zinabu
11. Tunji Oyelana and The Blenders - Ifa
12. Orchestre Regional de Kayes - Sanjina

Twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic classics. Yet the fact that they scarcely registered on the Richter scale of contemporary underground music must surely be one of the greatest ironies of modern popular music, given that western counterculture drew so heavily on the musical, aesthetic and visual traditions of Africa. Musically, the transatlantic links are strong and obvious; from the urban black American soul and funk of James Brown, through the West Coast sounds of Hendrix, to the deeper grooves of Cuban rumba and Latin percussion. Enhanced CD with bonus video content. TIP!