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Ibibio Sound Machine

by Ibibio Sound Machine

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steee 1, 2, 3, 4, Let's Dance! Favorite track: Voice Of The Bird (Uyio Inuen).
Jean-Paul DuQuette
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Jean-Paul DuQuette Like Johnny Clegg with a lot more funk and a hint of Buffalo Daughter. Essential for indie dance DJs. Thanks to Bandcamp for spotlighting these guys. Favorite track: Let's Dance (Yak Inek Unek).
Fred Clark
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Fred Clark Ibibio Sound Machine...great band!!! Love this album..
Andrew Diamond
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Andrew Diamond First heard this track on the bandcamp weekly and bought it right away. Great songs, great performances, great production throughout. Just found out my old bandmate Ben Hadwen is in this band!! Holy shit, go Hadwen!!!! Favorite track: Uwa the Peacock (Eki Ko Inuen Uwa).
Andrew Jervis
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Andrew Jervis Bridging the past and future sound of Africa, England, and beyond. Favorite track: Got to Move, Got to Get Out! (Ana Nkpong ana Nwuoro.
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Ibibio Sound Machine are set to release their debut LP through Soundway Records. Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, they combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Preceded by the pulsating first single 'Let's Dance', ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’ will be released 17th March.

Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of the album. A large dose of electronic elements and an approach as influenced by London as much as by West Africa, give the vocals and guitar lines space to breath without being overwhelmed.

From the banging sub-bass of 'Lets Dance' to the spiritual, gospel-tinged notes of the album's opening track 'Voice of the Bird', the band have turned in a dynamic and, at times, beautiful take on modern afro-soul music.

The 8-piece live band made their official live debut at this year's Transmusicales in France and will be a name to look out for in 2014.

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released March 17, 2014

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Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk, disco, and modern post-punk and electro. Evocative Nigerian poetic imagery set against an edgy Afro-Electro soundscape gives the band a unique space within the wave of modern Afrocentric sounds sweeping the globe. ... more

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