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E Dide (Get Up)

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E Dide (Get Up)

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Personnel: King Sunny Ade (vocals, guitar, percussion, programming); Akin Babalola (guitar); Fatoke Abiodun (steel guitar); Jonah Williams (keyboards); Remi Abegunde, Ken Okulolo (bass guitar); Tunde Jolaosho, Rasaki Aladokun (drums, talking drum); Ade Ayanwunmi (drums, percussion); Kingsley Arashe, Chata Addy (congas); Mustafa Alabi (talking drum); Michael Babalola (maracas); Gani Alashe (shekere); Dele Oyeleye (percussion); Niyi Falaye, Shina Omoroga, Shola Gbadura, Femi Owomoyela (background vocals).Audio Mixer: John Nelson .Liner Note Author: Andrew Frankel.Recording information: Bob Lang Studios, Richmond Beach, WA (08/1992).Photographers: Richard Evans ; Daniel Ray.Arranger: King Sunny Ade.While Afropop purists may take issue with the way 1995's E DIDE is tailored to the American market (the atypically short compositions, for example, and the presence of English-language lyrics), King Sunny Ade is still the undisputed master of the intricate, deeply textured, dance music known as juju. As with earlier albums, E DIDE weaves Yoruban drumming with elements from Nigerian folk songs, Western pop, Hawaiian music, even Latin American dance idioms.The opener, "E Dide E Mujo"--which translates as "Get Up and Dance"--establishes the warm, rhythmically insistent wave of sound that will wash over the listener through the album's 13 tracks. On "Ope Oku," Ade's bright, relaxed lead vocals criss-cross in call-and-response patterns with a harmonically rich chorus and a host of talking drums. Delicate guitar motifs drift through the shimmering percussive cloud of "Yoruba." Ade's songs evolve through free-flowing grooves built on interlocking guitar lines, synthesizer sounds, call-and-response vocals and a shifting thicket of talking drums, congas, bells, and rattles. E DIDE is King Sunny Ade's most significant major American release since his influential, widely acclaimed early '80s albums
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Release Date:
1996-01-26
Publication Date:
1996-01-26
Publisher:
Tis (Warner)
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
82 g
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