{"id":40904,"date":"2020-02-26T12:08:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/bbe-africa-reissues-two-rare-tabansi-studio-band-afrobeat-albums\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T12:51:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T10:51:43","slug":"bbe-africa-reissues-two-rare-tabansi-studio-band-afrobeat-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/bbe-africa-reissues-two-rare-tabansi-studio-band-afrobeat-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"BBE Africa reissues two rare Tabansi Studio Band afrobeat albums"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time anywhere,\u00a0BBE\u00a0reissues back-to-back two\u00a0rare LPs\u00a0that many Afro heads doubted their very existence until now,\u00a0Wakar Alhazai Kano\u00a09<\/em> & Mus\u2019En Sofua.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Wakar Alhazai Kano\u00a09<\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0Mus\u2019En Sofua <\/em>is composed of four incredible slices of almost undiscovered late-70s\/early 80s Igbo and Hausa afrobeat\u2014two very different and rarely heard styles\u2014that don’t even sound like\u00a0Fela\u2019s Yoruba\/Pidgin afrobeat.\u00a0The beats are laid down by the seven legendary Martins Brothers (of “Money” fame) whilst vocals are courtesy of a multilingual Igbo legend, Prof.\u00a0Goddy Ezike, one of the most extraordinary voices out of Africa, up there with\u00a0Youssou N\u2019Dour and Salif Keita.<\/p>\n

“Aka Ji Ego Ga Anu Nwam” is\u00a0sung in Igbo, with all the percussive wonders that Igbo culture has to offer, filtered through a jazzy Afrobeat improvisational spectrum.<\/p>\n

Wakar Alhazai Kano\u00a09 & Mus\u2019En Sofua,\u00a0<\/em>available since February 21, 2020, via\u00a0BBE Africa. Discover the artwork below and listen to it here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n