Dec 1/04
Are you a woman or an animal?
We’re back! Thanks for your patience.
We managed to chew-up over 81GB of bandwidth last month. I’m both flattered and determined not to shut-down early again this month. I’m going to limit my posts to 1-2 songs per day from now on. Please try not to download songs more than once. This means that you shouldn’t stream songs nor add them to playlists as URLs – yeah, that means you, Windows Media Player people.
Basically, please save the files to disk only once and play them locally afterwards. If we all play nice it means more music per month for everyone.
I can’t believe it’s December. Don’t know about you but here in Dakar the sun is shining and the winds are rolling in at a pleasant 28 degrees celcius. Last year we threw some Chinese ornaments on a mini-baobab and called it a Christmas tree. I went surfing on Christmas day in a Santa beard and hat, no joke. I think I might get a Christmas palm up this year.
Anyway, a Benn loxo reader, Todd, put me in a great mood the other day when he sent me a copy of Money No Be Sand. Unfortunately Todd doesn’t have enough time at the moment for a guest post, but I send some respect his way for a great early Christmas (or late Ramadan) present to all Benn loxo listeners.
It’s another odd-ball collection of West African rock and funk put together by the same guy who came-up with the Africa Dances compilation I featured a few posts ago. I can’t tell you how much I love this album, and it’s appropriate that we re-launch the site with some Nigerian 60s rock since a) it’s my favourite, b) that’s how it all began.
I’ll do two days of posts from the album since it’s worth sharing. Today you get some music from The Junkers out of 1965 Nigeria. If you could surf in the murky waters off Lagos Island you might put this in your boombox at the beach party.
Incidentally, “The Junkers” are also a group of planes used by the Luftwaffe during WW2 to bomb the crap out of various allied targets. I wonder if that’s what those guitar-playing dudes in Nigeria were thinking when they named their band…
ps- check the first track to see why I chose the title to this post.
Clint Eph. Sebastian & The Junkers – Jane
Jimmy Solanke & The Junkers – Eje Ka Jo
Wow! I’ve been listening to African music since the late 80s and I’ve never heard anything like this before! Thanks for finding these little-heard gems.
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This record is fantastic! I bought it about 10 years ago by mail order and it is terrific. How about that version of “Don’t Let Me Down?” It’s magical!!!
You’re right, Don’t Let Me Down is the best track on the album. But fear not! I’ve already pre-posted it for tomorrow morning.
I’m a huge fan of the Original Music compilations. If you really like “Money No Be Sand,” be on the lookout for “The Great Unknowns,” a compilation of three groups led by Ignace de Souza (Benin) This is one of my top three OM releases, and it has a similar variety of sounds, including a twist and some proto-afrobeat as well as more highlifey tracks.
Great stuff as always. … You know, if you’re having problems with streamers eating all your bandwidth, it’s possible to edit .htaccess to disallow certain clients to connect. But maybe they’ll play nice instead, since you asked.
Wonderful rockin’ tunes that echo the ska sound of jamaica in the 60’s which in turn was heavily influenced by new orleans r& b and that had its roots in africa ofcourse- so a beautiful circle is created! Thanks for these rarities!
Jimmy Solanke has some new tracks out soon on the Nigerian Jazzhole label: WATCH OUT!
[...] The music on this home compiled CD-r was made possible by two other compilations long since deleted. These are “Flying Rock – South African Rock ‘n Roll 1950-1962 (Global Village)” and “Money No Be Sand -1960s Afro-Lypso, Pidgin Highlife, Afro-Soul and Afro-Rock from Nigeria and Ghana (Original Music)” (which was featured here a while back on Benn loxo) [...]
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