Asiko Rock Group - 1976 - Asiko Rock Group

Asiko Rock Group 

1976

Asiko Rock Group

01. Every Body Get Down

02. Let's Marry

03. Shadow Of The Boogie

04. Together Again Never To Part

05. People Talk

06. Solo, Mon, A Ndoan

07. Lagos City

Bass Guitar – Njoubi Basile

Drums – Paul Monnu

Lead Guitar – Evgene Ndema

Lead Vocals, Organ, Piano, Strings – Z. Joseph Bolandi

Rhythm Guitar – Ntaillou Idrissou

Trumpet – Ndovmbe Jylvand

Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Essombe Antoine Madie

Funky as hell and even with a hint of disco (no, seriously check out "Shadow of the Boogie"), but the big problem with this record is that they tend to jam out a little too long at the end of each track. I know, it's a party-funk record, I should get over it, and I'm sure that at a party I would love that all the grooves on this one (and they are thick, fat, stank grooves, too) are stretched out, but unfortunately I doubt I'm friends with anyone cool enough to put this on at a party

Not the rock group promised in the title, but one of the most smoking African combos of the 70s -- a brilliantly funky lineup that's got a feel that's almost like the best from Kool & The Gang at the time! There's definitely an Afro Funk approach to the music -- but most of the sounds here would sit perfectly next to the best American combos of the time -- not just because the group sings in English throughout, but also because they've got a hard-hitting way of serving up the drums and basslines -- and often layer in these moogy keyboard lines that are somewhere between "Summer Madness" and P&P Records funk! The album's a killer all the way through -- one of the heaviest, most hard-hitting records from the scene at the time