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Rick Asikpo and Afro Fusion - Got To Be MeRick AsikpoThe Peoples Workshop1981 Earth, Wind & FireDisco LifeJamDonny HathawayLets Get HighLove SoundwayDoing It In Lagos A1. Got To Be Me A2. Love Love A3. Jam I A4. Disco Life B1. Too Hot B2. Let's Get High B3. Jam II B4. Noin'U Mythical soul boogie record recorded in Louisiana by Nigerian multi instrumentalist Rick Asikpo when he was studying in Houston. Rick Asikpo started his musical career while studying in Houston, joining local Black Artist
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ナイジェリア出身のマルチ奏者、Rick Asikpo。ヒューストン留学中に地元の黒人芸術集団「The People’s Workshop」に参加し、そのキャリアをスタートさせた彼が、1981年にルイジアナ州のバトンルージュにあるリバー・シティ・スタジオで録音した伝説的なアルバムが復刻された。

本作は当時、彼の母国ナイジェリアのみでリリースされたが、流通量が極めて少なく、オリジナル盤は「幻」と言われるほど入手困難な一枚だ。サウンドの核となるのは、彼が留学先のアメリカで吸収した洗練されたファンクと、ナイジェリア特有の躍動的なリズムの融合。まさにテキサスとラゴスを繋ぐ「失われた鎖(ミッシングリンク)」と呼ぶにふさわしい内容となっている。

Earth, Wind & Fireに強い影響を受けたという重厚なグルーヴの上を、何層にも重なるシンセサイザーの音色が波のように押し寄せる。アップテンポな「Disco Life」や「Jam」で見せる弾けるようなリズムから、Donny Hathawayを彷彿とさせるメロウな「Let’s Get High」、そして心地よいテンポのツー・ステップ・ソウル「Love」まで、その音楽性は驚くほど幅広い。

ヴァイナルの溝から響き出すのは、単なるノスタルジーではない。緻密にプログラミングされたシンセの質感と、熱気あふれる生のビートがぶつかり合う鮮烈な音像だ。Soundwayの名コンピレーション『Doing It In Lagos』にも収録された彼の才能の全貌が、この一枚に凝縮されている。

 

A1. Got To Be Me
A2. Love Love
A3. Jam I
A4. Disco Life
B1. Too Hot
B2. Let's Get High
B3. Jam II
B4. Noin'U

 

Mythical soul/boogie record recorded in Louisiana by Nigerian multi instrumentalist Rick Asikpo when he was studying in Houston.
Rick Asikpo started his musical career while studying in Houston, joining local Black Artist collective The People’s Workshop, before returning to Nigeria and releasing a run of successful albums throughout the 80s.
“Got To Be Me” was recorded at River City Studio in Baton Rouge in 1981 but was only released back in Nigeria and sold little at the time, with original copies vanishingly hard to find.
Layers of synths wash over drawn out, Earth, Wind and Fire inspired grooves, moving from the uptempo “Disco Life” and “Jam” to the languid boogie and two step soul of “Love” and
Donny Hathaway-esque “Let’s Get High”. The album is shot through a Texan/Nigerian filter that stands as a missing link between the dancefloor experiments of Houston and Lagos
As featured on Soundway’s seminal “Doing It In Lagos” compilation.

Rick Asikpo and Afro Fusion - Got To Be Me

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