World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor? cover

World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?

Recorded
1977-1985
Released

As the first official reissue of this enigmatic figure’s music, Who is William Onyeabor? asks all  the right questions. While it may not quite answer them — very little is known about him to this day — the Luaka Pop record, compiled by Uchenna Ikonne, underscores just how ahead of his time Onyeabor really was: while clearly influenced by the the era’s juju music, Onyeabor used drum machines and Moog synthesizers to weave psychedelic, electro-funk tracks that still sounded futuristic when they were “rediscovered” decades later.

Megan Iacobini de Fazio

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