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  LB5035LPLong Player  £18.00

Label

Luaka Bop

William Onyeabor

Body & Soul

Stand alone vinyl reissue of 'Body and Soul' originally released in 1980 'Body and Soul' the title track off his next album has made its rounds on openminded dancefloors via a few different 12 Inch pressings It scans as Afrobeat while maintaining a slack beat suggesting downtempo reggae funk and disco with modular synth bleeps without ever being beholden to any one of them Instead Onyeabor dapper in a white tuxedo on the album sleeve testifies to his love of music body and soul But the rest of the album maintains a relaxed grip on Afrobeat 'The Way to Win Your Love' urgent in its pleading if not its meter While on 'Poor Boy' Onyeabor's keyboard blurts are hurried and the interplay between horns drums and synths are some of the most intricate to date

Tracklist

• 1. The Way to Win Your Love
  2. Poor Boy
  3. Love Me Now
  4. Fantastic Man
  5. Try and Try