| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | In stock |
Two compilations of unreleased Nigerian music, produced by the iconic record shop from Lagos, Jazzhole, covering genres including afro-funk, afrobeat, palm wine, juju and highlife. Only 500 of each album have been pressed, with only 100 of each available here in the UK.
The first album Eroya is a collective of elder and young musicians based in the heart of Lagos which takes you on a journey dating back from the late 1940s to contemporary Naija grooves - from palm-wine, agidigbo grooves, juju/owambe styles, highlife melodies to afro-funk and afrobeats. Key members includes Sina Ayinde Bakare, son of the legendary maestro Ayinde Bakare the originator of Juju music, Multi-instrumentalist juju singer Fatai Rolling Dollar, Afro-funk tenor saxophonist Prince Eju Oyewole and afrobeat pianist Duro Ikujenyo, a member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 band.
