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  WAHLP005Long Player  £18.00

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Wah Wah 45s

Dele Sosimi

You No Fit Touch Am

African The first fulllength album in almost a decade from vocalist keyboard player Fela Kuti collaborator and afrobeat legend Dele Sosimi You No Fit Touch Am represents where Dele is today something of an untouchable force in the music scene that he has always been such a vital part of The title is an uncompromising message that this man means business and with his mammoth afrobeat orchestra on board that is definitely the case Recorded at the Fish Market Studios in NorthWest London by Benedic Lamdin AKA Nostalgia 77 the album provides a musical representation of Dele's strong sociopolitical opinions as well as delivering classic songwriting that could have come straight out of 1970s Lagos Born in Hackney East London but soon to return to his parents' native Nigeria at the age of four Dele Sosimi was schooled and raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti's shadow at the height of early 70s afrobeat Having been chosen by Fela to join his band at somewhat of a tender age he was still a young man when sharing Fela's Glastonbury stage in 1984 and became both Musical Director for both Fela's Egypt 80 and Femi Kuti's Positive Force After Fela's passing in 1997 Dele went on to concentrate on his own solo career and with diligent patience carved out his own afrobeat crown In London where he now resides his Afrobeat Vibration allnighters are charged with his passion labours and his unrelenting spirit Following on from his first two studio albums Turbulent Times and Identity this third longplayer is sure to cement Dele Sosimi's position as a major player within afrobeat and beyond

Tracklist

• 1. E Go Betta
  2. Na My Turn
  3. You No Fit Touch Am
  4. Where We Want Be
  5. I Don't Care
  6. We Siddon We Dey Look (Straight Molin')
  7. Sanctuary