VA - Duomo Sounds Ltd: Nigerian 80s Disco Music To Move Your Soul (2017)

Sweet grooves from the Duomo Sounds label – a short-lived Nigerian imprint who cut some mighty funky sounds at the start of the 80s! The title here uses the word "disco", but these cuts have none of the strings and polish of the sounds you'd hear at Studio 54 – as most numbers here are stripped-down and raw, really more in a clubbier take on the more famous Nigerian funk of a few years before! However, there's also a quality here that could easily cross over to the hipper clubs on the New York underground – as most of these guys are also using the same sort of small combo funk instrumentation of the best of the indie post-disco scene – which means that some tracks resonate with the work of labels like P&P, and others echo some of the more global currents that were showing up in New York funk during the period!

Track List:

01. Christy Ogbah - Advise (06:27)
02. Johnny O Bazz - Xmas Eve (04:34)
03. Mike Umoh - Look at Me (05:25)
04. Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body (06:18)
05. Christy Ogbah - Aimiuugwia (04:55)
06. Bindiga - Perfect Disco Machine (06:01)
07. Bassey Black - On My Mind (05:12)
08. Christy Ogbah - Azonmonfe (05:40)
09. Godfrey Odili - You Do Good You Do for Yo (09:29)
10. Eunice Arimoku - Ariro (08:00)
11. Bindiga - Disco Connection (05:16)