Osibisa – Music For Gong Gong - 1971
If you listen to their first track on their first album
from 1971, these will be the first words you hear and they explain the group
perfectly. Their complex percussive rhythms are some of the best ever recorded.
In this song, Music For Gong Gong you will hear one of the finest percussion
breaks. Some years later, disco would emerge with similar breaks, but none
could surpass Osibisa.
Osibisa whose members came from Ghana and the Caribbean, formed
in London and fused African music, with that of rock and funk. Their first two
albums got to No. 11 in the UK album charts. I think it is sad that today, our charts are
so limited in genre terms. I can’t imagine an Afro rock band doing so well now.
Music is music and should not be limited to certain genres, but the powers at
be control the charts, so if we want to find alternative music, we must hunt
for it!
I have all the Osibisa albums and each one contains more
than one gem. So, if you like African music, then explore Osibisa where the
music will explode you into happiness!
Dave Moore
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