Nigeria 70’s funk

This album is a “must own”. Miles Cleret spent five years working on this compilation, traveling to Nigeria, interviewing musicians, label owners and distributors, trying to track down the 2 decades old sound of 70’s Nigeria.

Akula Owu Onyeara

The Funkees from Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6

World music sound given a funky jazz spin. Makes me think of a cab ride through a Nigeria city that I have never taken.

“Although compiled and sequenced by Soundway boss Miles Cleret, who himself has spent much time in Nigeria, behind the scenes were in fact some of the original artists who actually feature on the releases. If you take a closer look at the end credits on the sleeve notes, you will find ‘many thanks to’ Laolu Akins and Berkley Jones of Blo, Joni Haastrup of Mono Mono, and Victor Uwaifo. All legends of modern Nigerian Music.
All these people became involved with Cleret over his many years of researching his way to the roots of modern Nigerian Music.”

“As Cleret confesses, without them the releases would not have possible (or at least would have been inferior), so like West African music itself, the Nigeria Special Series is part of a communal creative process.”

“This is something really special about West African music and musicians that Cleret is not the first to discover.” – NigeriaSpecial.com for more.

REVIEWS:
5 Stars “Spectacular…Nigeria Special is an aural & design classic” MOJO

5 Stars “Stunning”……Time Out, New York

“..bewitching dance-pop born of very old musical knowledge” – New York Times

“I don’t know when small record companies are going to run out of African grooves that haven’t been on CD , but based on releases like this I hope it isn’t any time soon….irresistable” – San Antonio Current