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Artists on this album include jamie lidell, alexis taylor, charles lloyd, money mark, pat mahoney and ahmed gallab. Atomic bomb by hot chip remixed by john talabot 12. William onyeabor on the cover of his 1985 album anything you sow. The core group is music director ahmed gallab and his band sinkane composed of jason trammell on drums, ish montgomery on bass and jonny lam on guitar, alexis taylor of hot chip, pat mahoney of lcd soundsystem, money mark of the beastie boys lekan babalola and jas walton of. Limited edition vinyl, record store day only release. Recorded live in the studio by a band of touring musicians that played william onyeabor s music over the previous few years. The atomic bomb band plays the music of william onyeabor by the.
Made in collaboration with moog, it features a series of fantastic onyeabor covers and remixes by hot chip, jd twitch optimo, daphni, joakim, justin strauss, the vaccines, scientist and many more. Plays the music of william onyeabor by atomic bomb. Red bull music academy, bam, and luaka bop present. Atomic bomb band plays the music of william onyeabor lp. Completely original and highly influential william was a musical genius long before the world was ready to discover him. William onyeabor better change your mind official william onyeabor atomic bomb. Dusty groove does not use the grades of near mint or mint, for that matter because in our experience, we find that no records ever qualify for such a high grade. I keep coming back to things like atomic bomb and good name. The monthlong 2014 red bull music academy starts this week here in new york city, and one of the most anticipated events is atomic bomb. William onyeabor anthology box set 2014 super highly recommended.
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Allstar musicians play the music of william onyeabor. On may 23, the bam howard gilman opera house will host the u. A high chief and kenyan diplomat who allegedly refuses to discuss his music, he selfreleased eight albums in. In the first thirty seconds of william onyeabors atomic bomb, you hear a tambourine, a moog synthesizer, an electric guitar, a bass, and a keyboard. Luakabop records comes with a few bonus tracks not on the cd, plus it includes a free digital download. Led by our incredible music director ahmed gallab and. Download artist william onyeabor releaseproduct crashes in love version 1 label luaka bop. Atomic bomb band releaseproduct plays the music of. 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 80s, making music completely unique for his time.
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