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By the 1979 release of Whatever You Need, the Elcados were ready to party. 'We got rhythm, we got sound," they declare on 'Funky Music'. 'You're going to dig it!' Starting out as the Moonrakers in...

By the 1979 release of Whatever You Need, the Elcados were ready to party. 'We got rhythm, we got sound," they declare on 'Funky Music'. 'You're going to dig it!' Starting out as the Moonrakers in...

LP version. PMG present a reissue of Sony Enang's Don't Stop That Music. "In the early 1980s, Nigerian was booming and recording studios used the oil money sloshing around to fit their studios with...

PMG present an anthology of Ahmed Fakroun's work. "Insanely popular across the Maghreb, name-checked in international spy novels and beloved of music adventurers like David Byrne, Libyan superstar...

The Arab world back in the 70s and 80s gave us quite a few very interesting rock and pop acts. Ahmed Fakroun from Libya was THE one of them. Here we have his 1983 album whose title means 'Love Words"...

After years of gigging around the east Nigerian music scene, Foundars 15 finally hit the jackpot when they recruited legendary bass player, Marshall Udo. Charismatic and confident, Udo immediately...

FRENCH GIRLIE COVER VERSION! The Funkees hit London in 1973 as the tightest, funkiest and most audacious bands to come out of Africa. Hardened by endless touring and an unrelenting battle with BLO...

William Onyeabor wasn't the only Nigerian experimenting with synthesizers in the 70s and 80s. Goldfinger Doe was twiddling knobs too, no more so than on Let's Dance Together - a prime slab of cosmic...

The self-proclaimed funkiest band on the west coast of Africa, the Heads Funk Band, could arguably make that claim for the whole continent. Featuring the slick guitar of Felix 'Feladey' Odey, the...

PMG present a reissue of Tony Igiettemo's Hot Like Fire, originally released in 1980. "Leaning against a wall, his shirt unbuttoned to his navel and cradling a tumbler of something strong and...

PMG present a reissue of Igna Igwebuike's Bomp, originally released in 1980. "It takes a lot of swag to wear a hat as big as the hat that I.G. wears on the cover of Bomp. But I.G., a.k.a. Bobby I.G.,...

Nation Building is a real forgotten gem from the late '70s and is among the very best Afro-Beat Disco Lps ever. Berkely Ike Jones is one of the icons of the Nigerian scene being the guitarist and...