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Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump

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2008-05-12 06:09:00 by Sean in Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It?
...Lagos Jump was a refreshing dose of new music for me. Its the newest title from Strut Records that Ive been listening to lately. Instead of me going on and on with my love of the label, just keep reading Like I said above, I know next to nothing about the development of music in Nigeria in the last 50 years, and wont pretend otherwise here....
 
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Funky Lagos

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2008-06-07 16:38:00 by S A Stevens in SoundRoots World Music & Global Culture
...Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat Highlife & Afro-Funk Strut buy CD/hear samples I don't know what's going on with Strut Records -- their .uk website is defunct and their new .com site is under construction. But whatever internal machinations are afoot, I can tell you this: I love the music they're dragging out of the archives. Back...
 
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Fela Kuti-Monday Morning in Lagos

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2008-07-16 08:16:14 by Passion of the Weiss in Passion of the Weiss
I am under the impression that there is no such thing as the wrong morning to listen to Monday Morning in Lagos MP3: Fela Kuti-Monday Morning In Lagos (Left-Click
 
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Lagos - Galaxy Brotherhood EP [TDN001]

2008-03-07 21:45:31 by deepgoa in NJ/DJ DEEP-GOA's DSNight™ Sessions & Conversations
 
Lost in the digital avenues of mixing and mastering, the Galaxy Brotherhood EP wandered all summer in our heads and now found its way, with a crystal clear sound, into your ears! Moody yet dreamy, mystical and intense, the trippy soundscapes of Lagos are beautifully matched with idm/breakbeat distorted rhythms and haunting melodies to create
 
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When Africa Was Changing Its Tune

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2008-10-12 07:35:54 by TOrr in World Music Central
...Lagos Baby (Vampisoul VAMPI CD 097, 2008 Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump - Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, High Life & Afro Funk (Strut Records STRUT035CD, 2008 As influential as African music has been, keep in mind the degree of influence its absorbed as well, particularly in its most popular forms. Even as the rapidly developing nations of Nigeria...
 
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Diplo, Bonde do Role, Carl Craig Rework Tony Allen

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2008-04-15 12:30:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Lagos No Shaking , is the subject of a reconstruction project spearheaded by Damon Albarn's Honest Jon's Records . The label found artists from across the universe of Allen's influence to contribute their own versions of Lagos No Shaking tracks to a compilation titled Lagos Shake Among those artists are Detroit techno godfather Carl Craig,...
 
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just in the nic of time

2007-12-31 16:12:00 by a stranger in WFHB Music - Bloomington Community Radio
 
...Lagos by Bus This San Franciscan band felt musically inspired during their trip to Africa. The new release, Lagos by Bus uses Afrobeat as a backbone but also draws on Afro-Cuban music, Ghanaian Highlife, and jazz. They have the rare trait of being led by, not one, but two women vocalists, whose hard-hitting songs alternate from chant to...
 
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June 2007 pt.2

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2008-04-18 04:10:00 by Rockaroola in iLuv Music 24-7
...Lagos - drums, vocals Tempelton Parcely (aka Chester Crill) - violin, organ, vocals De Paris Letante (aka David Lindley) - guitar John Ware - drums Six years after the end of the Kaleidoscope, members Stuart Brotman, Chris Darrow, Solomon Feldhouse, Paul Lagos, and Chester Crill (alias Max Buda, alias Templeton Parcely) teamed up again to...
 
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Sunday Spotlight + Contest - Strut Records

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2008-05-25 07:10:00 by Sean in Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It?
...Lagos Jump , and Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983 (click on each title to read what I had to say about them ). What theyve got lined up for the near future is just as good, if not better: Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985 and an as-of-yet unnamed NEW Grandmaster Flash album Personally, I really enjoy well...
 
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World Music Top 10, June 2008

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2008-06-03 16:07:00 by S A Stevens in SoundRoots World Music & Global Culture
...Lagos Jump 7. Firewater: The Golden Hour 8. Sergio Mendes: Encanto 9. Chambao: Con Otro Aire 10. François Lindemann & Tewan: Thai (Click on album links above to hear samples of the albums, and to purchase albums at stores that support SoundRoots It's not often that a hip hop CD tops the Spin The Globe monthly chart, but Emmanuel Jal's music...
 
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