Orlando Julius With The Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro LP

The first ever internationally released new studio album one of the all time legends of Nigerian music, Orlando Julius, in a mouth-watering new collaboration with London super-group The Heliocentrics.

At his club residency in Ibadan, Orlando Julius was one of the very first to begin fusing US R&B with traditional highlife during the mid-'60s with his Modern Aces band. His "Super Afro Soul" album from '66 set the blueprint for a whole generation of Afrobeat and Afro funk stars and, in an illustrious career, Julius met and played with Louis Armstrong, The Crusaders, Hugh Masekela and Lamont Dozier among others, famously co-composing the classic Going Back To My Roots in 1979 whilst based in the USA.

Recorded at the Heliocentrics' fully analogue HQ in North London, the band follow their memorable collaborations with Mulatu Astatke and Lloyd Miller by taking Orlando's sound into new, progressive directions, retaining the raw grit of his early work and adding psychedelic touches and adventurous new arrangements. They also contribute live favourite, the James Brown cover In The Middle and a series of memorable shorter interludes.

Tracklist:

1. Buje Buje
2. Love Thy Neighbour
3. Aseni
4. Sangodele
5. Jaiyede Afro
6. Omo Oba Blues
7. In the Middle
8. Be Counted
9. Alafia

About this product: this release is pressed on transparent vinyl.