According to the album liner notes for the who is william onyeabor compilation released in 20, not very much is known about william onyeabor. Properly forward, incredibly produced african synthfunk of the highest, weirdest, most catchy calibre imaginable. 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. 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. To download more of okechukwu nwatus une music donate to his estate. Tried the link but it doesnt work please let me know of it can be reupped, best wishes. 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. 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. William onyeabor better change your mind lyrics musixmatch.
Following the eight albums onyeabor selfreleased between 1978 and 1985, he became a bornagain christian, refusing ever to. If you dont have a thankyou in your heart for feqwah then get outta my house. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 afrofunk legend william onyeabor s perfect debut. 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. 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. 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. 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. Johnny mathis the best days of my life 1979 natalie cole i love you so 1979. Good name is on side a, while lets fall in love is on side b, despite. Lyrics for better change your mind by william onyeabor. 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. He never got his deserved success on the world stage like he should have. What we do know about the mysterious onyeabor is that he is a nigerian musician who put out.
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. 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. Tomorrow by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. William onyeabor afrobeat jazz and funk william onyeabor 26 march 1946 16 january 2017 was a nigerian funk musician and businessman. Under the musical direction of ahmed gallab sinkane, atomic bomb.
Payment security we take the security of our website and of your transactions extremely seriously. Plays music of william onyeabor luaka bop boubacar traore. Onyeabor represents the epitome of the golden era of nigerian funk, before he gave up a. 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. A diverse lineup of tremendously talented musicians celebrate the music of the elusive nigerian synthfunk pioneer william onyeabor. 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. 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. Crashes in love by william onyeabor on amazon music. Good name by william onyeabor, released 27 november 2015 1. Probably my favorite dj spooky record, and definitely one of my favorite triphop records, if it counts as one. William onyeaboratomic bomb lpluaka bop vinyl records. I present to you now the fullyupdated william onyeabor megapost. Whatever the true background to this music see more details in this blog entry from the cd.
Just watched fantastic man, fascinated by this bloke. 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. Get hold off a track from legendary nigerian artists first record label release. Conecte nas nossas plataformas connect on our platforms. Complete list of william onyeabor music featured in tv shows and movies. I originally came across at the excellent blog big head stevenson. If fela kuti was a child of james brown, fellow nigerian william onyeabor is something like the nextgeneration musical offspring of parliamentfunkadelic. William onyeabor good name by luaka bop free listening. 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. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists youll love. They provide access to current reliable information about awkunanaw through book and magazines publications, the internet and local programming. William onyeabor good name laurie tuffrey, july 26th, 20 10.
Lets fall in love the two sides of this great album speak for themselves. 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. Awkunanaw voice publications serves as an information and enlightenment center. 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. Find similar artists to william onyeabor and discover new music. Completely original and highly influential william was a musical genius long before the world was ready to discover him. Stream william onyeabor good name by luaka bop from desktop or your mobile device. His music was widely heard in nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but he remained an enigmatic figure, private and reclusive. Check out crashes in love by william onyeabor on amazon music.
William onyeabor anthology box set 2014 the curtain with. Side a lets fall in love preaches love which is the surest way to peace, harmony, and happiness. Song my love can sing, radio girl, where the light takes you. William onyeabor box set all of the african synth popfunk musicians albums lovingly compiled into a single box set with reproduction artwork. Download william onyeabor atomic bomb 1978 320 mp3 256. William onyeabor crashes in love 1977 o p i u m h u m. 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. A brief digest of gcs recent favorite afrobeat finds on the internets. Awkunanaw voice publications is a jointly sponsored partnership between microcredit solutions limited and concerned indigenes of awkunanaw clan. Last year, david byrnes luaka bop label released who is william onyeabor. The download links can be found in the comments for each post. 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. William onyeabor born 29 march 1946 died 16 january 2017 was a nigerian funk singer and songwriter.
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