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Dancing Time, the Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77
Artist
The Funkees
Label
Soundway Records
Catalogue Number
SNDWD039
Release Date
19 marca 2012

"The Funkees were the most admired of all groups in eastern Nigeria at that time," recalls Foundars 15's Mashal Udo. "The level of professionalism, the maturity of their sound was so much beyond what anybody else was doing. Everybody who picked up an instrument to play music aimed to be like them".

‘Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973 – 77’ by The Funkees is the latest title on Soundway to mine the rich musical output of 60s and 70s Nigeria. For the five-year period this compilation spans The Funkees output crackled with dance floor fire.

Having featured on three of Soundway’s most popular titles, across the definitive Nigeria Special compilation series, we felt The Funkees output deserved closer inspection. Presented here (on CD, download & double gatefold LP) are 18 slices of funky Afro-rock grooves hand picked by Soundway’s Miles Cleret from a selection of the bands 45s and two long players.

In the early 1970s The Funkees were the number-one east Nigerian band and the only outfit to seriously challenge the popular Lagos based rock combos MonoMono and BLO. Stoking the dancefloor was the young band’s first priority and The Funkees were often playing through the night, seven days a week.

Formed at the tail end of the Nigerian civil war by Harry Mosco Agada (then a guitarist in Celestine Ukwu’s Music Royals) the band played for the army’s 12th Brigade in Aba and went through a rapid series of membership changes in search of the perfect line-up of players.

It wasn't long before promoters in the UK came calling and The Funkees packed up their instruments and moved to London where they quickly established a fierce reputation on the live circuit.

Here they recorded two seminal albums before finally breaking up in 1977 amidst some controversy. This collection features for the first time all of their Nigerian 45s alongside the best of their UK album material and is accompanied by a full interview with original member Sonny Akpan, who lived in London until his passing in 2018.

Lista utworów

  1. 1 Ole 4:26 Kup

    Ole

  2. 2 Akpankoro 2:57 Kup

    Akpankoro

  3. 3 Onye Mmanya 5:52 Kup

    Onye Mmanya

  4. 4 Abraka 4:26 Kup

    Abraka

  5. 5 Point of No Return 3:27 Kup

    Point of No Return

  6. 6 Akula Owu Onyeara 7:29 Kup

    Akula Owu Onyeara

  7. 7 Acid Rock 2:53 Kup

    Acid Rock

  8. 8 Ogbu Achara 3:00 Kup

    Ogbu Achara

  9. 9 Slipping Into Darkness 4:25 Kup

    Slipping Into Darkness

  10. 10 Dancing Time 3:19 Kup

    Dancing Time

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