Alhaji Chief Sikiru Ayinde Barrister & His Supreme Fuji Commanders
E Sinmi Rascality
Siky Oluyole Records (Nigeria) 1982
SKOLP 017 (LP) w/original inner sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(SRW, some light dirts, some light color-faded.)
media : VG+/VG+(some light noise. misalignment of the center hole on both side that does not so affect to sounds.)
An outstanding 1982 release by Alhaji Chief Sikiru Ayinde Barrister—one of Nigeria’s most important artists alongside King Sunny Adé—and his group, His Supreme Fuji Commanders, who from the late 1970s onward issued a vast body of work under various names. Like King Sunny Adé, the music is rooted in juju, a Nigerian genre, but here it is reimagined in a raw, outsider style that Barrister himself dubbed “Fuji Garbage,” resulting in a deeply local yet irresistibly danceable form of juju. The unusually thick layers of talking drum rhythms are paired with his uniquely ornamented vocal delivery, at once commanding and imbued with a ritualistic intensity. Containing ten tracks in total, the album follows the tradition of much Nigerian juju and fuji music, with each side flowing continuously into extended performances rather than being divided into discrete songs.
A1: OKun Lolori Omi
A2: Baluwe Toni Ohun Yio Di Odo
B2: Ayinde Lo Gbode
E Sinmi Rascality
Siky Oluyole Records (Nigeria) 1982
SKOLP 017 (LP) w/original inner sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(SRW, some light dirts, some light color-faded.)
media : VG+/VG+(some light noise. misalignment of the center hole on both side that does not so affect to sounds.)
An outstanding 1982 release by Alhaji Chief Sikiru Ayinde Barrister—one of Nigeria’s most important artists alongside King Sunny Adé—and his group, His Supreme Fuji Commanders, who from the late 1970s onward issued a vast body of work under various names. Like King Sunny Adé, the music is rooted in juju, a Nigerian genre, but here it is reimagined in a raw, outsider style that Barrister himself dubbed “Fuji Garbage,” resulting in a deeply local yet irresistibly danceable form of juju. The unusually thick layers of talking drum rhythms are paired with his uniquely ornamented vocal delivery, at once commanding and imbued with a ritualistic intensity. Containing ten tracks in total, the album follows the tradition of much Nigerian juju and fuji music, with each side flowing continuously into extended performances rather than being divided into discrete songs.
A1: OKun Lolori Omi
A2: Baluwe Toni Ohun Yio Di Odo
B2: Ayinde Lo Gbode