ALBUM OF THE WEEK: EPARAPO – TAKE TO THE STREETS (WAH WAH 45S RECORDS).
WAH WAH 45S PRESENTS THE FULL DEBUT ALBUM FROM AFROBEAT SUPERGROUP EPARAPO. THE WORD ‘EPARAPO’ MEENS ‘JOIN FORCES’ IN YORUBA, THE LANGUAGE OF AFROBEAT. THE FORCE BEHIND EPARAPO IS BASSIST, COMPOSER AND PRODUCER SUMAN JOSHI. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA AND THE UK JAZZ ENSEMBLE COLLOCUTOR. FEATURED VOCALISTS ON THE ALBUM ARE FELA KUTI DISCIPLE AND WAH WAH 45S ARTIST DELE SOSIMI AND LONDON-BASED GHANAIAN PERCUSSIONIST AND VOCALIST AFLA SACKEY.
TRACKLIST
EPARAPO FT DELE SOSIMI – FROM LONDON TO LAGOS
SALTPOND CITY BAND FT EBO TAYLOR & DELA BOTRI – MENNBO WOBI
EPARAPO FT DELE SOSIMI – FOLLOW THE MONEY
IZEM – 6AM
EPARAPO FT DELE SOSIMI – BLACK LIVES MATTER
LAGOS THUGS – INNOCENT BLOOD (LET IT BE KNOWN) (TAKEN FROM ‘GLOBAL AFROBEAT MOVEMENT 3’ ON NYP RECORDS)
BIXIGA 70 FT SIMONE SOU – MALUNGU
DUBBEN MEETS MADE IN BRASIL – GRILOS CANTAM PARA ANAMARIA
HERMETO PASCOAL – GAIO DA ROSEIRA (TAHIRA EDIT)
NICKODEMUS FT HAYDEE SOUL & THE CANDELA ALLSTARS – RUMBA TOBACCO Y RON
ACID COCO – SEGUIMOS SONRIENDO
TRIBU BAHARÚ – BARÚ
MOKOOMBA – NZARA HAPANA
IMMY OWUSU – FLASHBACK
AHEMAA NWOMKRO – YEBRE MA OWUO
ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE YOFF – SAMA NÉNÉ
YORUBA SINGERS – BLACK PEPPER
FLAMMER DANCE BAND – UANSETT UNDERLAG
CHEB RUNNER – MOLENBEAT – مولنبيت
LALALAR – HEM EVIMSIN HEM CEHENNEMIM
EJE EJE – BLACK SEA MAJIC (AUTUMN)
GAYE SU AKYOL – BÖYLE OLUR MU
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS – ECHO BEACH (GRANT PHABAO REMIX)
THE CIRCLE OF CONFUSION FT. WAYNE PAUL – SOUL OF A LION (MAIN MIX)
THE CIRCLE OF CONFUSION FT. WAYNE PAUL – SOUL OF A LION (DUB MIX)
SOUL REVIVERS FT SHEILA MAURICE-GREY & ANOUSHKA NANGUY – COCONUT ROCK