Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Orlando Julius - Orlando's Afro Ideas: 1969-1972 (Nigeria)

An Uncle Roddus Album Review


1. Home Sweet Home
2. Psychedelic Afro Shop
3. James Brown Ride On
4. Mura Sise
5. Esamei Sate
6. Alo Mi Alo
7. Ketekete Koro
8. New Apala Afro
9. Igebehin Adara 

The hot music style of the moment has been the awesome Afro Funk out of Nigeria from the end of the 60s and through the 70s and first and foremost of the myrid numbers of musicians and bands playing this brilliant hybrid of African rhythm and American jazz and funk is the brilliant Orlando Julius.  This Compilation kicks off with the excellent deep funk of "Home Sweet Home" before blasting us out of the stratosphere with the truly magnificent and legendary "Psychedelic Afro Shop" which truly funks out a brilliant melody and plenty of jazz licks from the brass. Things stay very cool with "James Brown Ride On" acknowledging the huge influence JB had on the development of this incredible music. The sublime qualities of these songs doesn't let up as we progress from one monster afro groove to the next and in my experience only the mighty Fela Kuti(who was no doubt influenced by Orlando) makes better music of this style. The melody's and the grooves all make an instant impression and are quickly recognised on subsequent listens. They weave into your subconscious very quickly. A definite 5/5 rating for this great music.


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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    Hi Roddus,

    I love this site because of the African music I can find here. Without a site like yours, you wouldn't even know where to start.

    Thank you!

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  2. RoddusFebruary 2, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    Thank You Anon. For your kind comment.

    I am just a newby and amature when it comes to this Afro music and I got my start from several expert Blogs on this music, Namely; Voodoo Funk, Analogue Africa, Oro, and Rare tapes from Africa.all of which can be found via links on the right hand colum of this blog. There is more fantastic music on these blogs than any sane person could know what to do with.

    Roddus

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  3. JosefMarch 7, 2021 at 7:16 PM

    Hey, I've just discovered loads of great new afrobeat/funk/soul albums etc because of your blog, thanks! :)

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