Lagos Night
Borrowing elements of traditional Ibgo highlife and Congolese guitar stylings, Prince Nico Mbarga and Rocafil Jazz International created a unique, accessible sound marked by silky vocals, congolese guitar riffs and highlife rhythms. His sound saw wide appeal throughout africa and abroad during the 70s and beyond. Fast forward twenty years and we have the Congolese super-group Soukous stars (who were probably dancing to Mbarga in their youth,) reworking Mbarga’s hits in their unique soukous sound.
On the Stern’s Africa release: Lokassa et Soukous Stars - Megamix Vol. 1 [1993 - Stern's Africa], Lokasa et Soukous Stars play brilliant renditions of Mbarga’s hits in the nonstop mix titled “Lagos Night.” The mix includes the widely popular Sweet Mother (which sold over 13 million copies), Christiana, Aki Special, Stella, Wellenga, Oh Death and finishes up with Lagos Night by Lokassa. Not only is this track great, but the entire album… I highly recommend it.
Eugene
June 6th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
is “Wayo In-law” also on the megamix ??
June 6th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Thanks for the correction - Wayo In-Law is indeed on the megamix… I copied the listing off of the cover (I should know better than that!)
June 6th, 2005 at 1:07 pm
I’m currently listening to this mix again in its entirety… I’m still amazed at how good it is!
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