Usuah, Mary Afi: Ekpenyong Abasi (Vinyl LP)
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LP Version. A stupendous blend of scintillating highlife, smoking Fela, and spaced-out, Funkdafied Black Jazz, from 1975, reissued for the first time. Mari Affiong Usuah from Oron, by way of Calabar, in southeastern Nigeria, fronting a knockout band led by Daniel Satch Asuquo from the Atomic 8 (and formerly of Bobby Benson's orchestra). The Afrofunk cuts are especially killer - with James Brown just percolating through by the end - but it's a stunning, magnificent album, through and through. Beautifully sleeved, too, with excellent notes by Uchenna from Comb & Razor. Gob, smacked, he recalls, about his first listen; mind, blown. 01. Ima Mma Uyem, 02. from Me to You, 03. Afia Mma (Hulalah), 04. Mma Ama Mbo, 05. Ekpe, 06. Call Me Your Lover, 07. Ekpenyong Abasi, 08. Ebre Mbre
LP Version. A stupendous blend of scintillating highlife, smoking Fela, and spaced-out, Funkdafied Black Jazz, from 1975, reissued for the first time. Mari Affiong Usuah from Oron, by way of Calabar, in southeastern Nigeria, fronting a knockout band led by Daniel Satch Asuquo from the Atomic 8 (and formerly of Bobby Benson's orchestra). The Afrofunk cuts are especially killer - with James Brown just percolating through by the end - but it's a stunning, magnificent album, through and through. Beautifully sleeved, too, with excellent notes by Uchenna from Comb & Razor. Gob, smacked, he recalls, about his first listen; mind, blown. 01. Ima Mma Uyem, 02. from Me to You, 03. Afia Mma (Hulalah), 04. Mma Ama Mbo, 05. Ekpe, 06. Call Me Your Lover, 07. Ekpenyong Abasi, 08. Ebre Mbre