Lovely album, well worth putting in your collection if you like these guys. The very best of osibisa is a 3cd set unauthorised compilation bringing together three osibisa s albums. Ojah awake is a music studio album recording by osibisa jazz. Find album release information for ojah awake osibisa on allmusic. Osibisa ojah awake mp3 download at 320kbps high quality. Teddy osei, the iconic saxophonist and leader of the osibisa group is a patron of the dream child foundation and a member of the board of directors of scratch studios. Cherryfield is a very good song and dance the body music sounds like a genuine disco. This song has refreshed my thoughtsmemory about jungleafter their tour to australia helping refugees world wide. I havent heard warrior since my days of being a kid dj.
This was the ghanaian groups great commercial success in their adopted home of great britain. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Recorded live in front of over 25,000 people at fairport conventions cropredy festival in oxfordshire in summer of 1997. The rest of the album resonates with some beautiful music and the overall production is fantastic. After a few listens, it feels like osibisa was better than osibirock. Song information for ojah awake osibisa on allmusic. Osibisa are a british afrobeat band, founded in london in 1969 by four expatriate african and three caribbean musicians. Provided to youtube by castle communications ojah awake osibisa sunshine day the pyebronze anthology. This recording includes osibisas hit single dance the body music. Find osibisa discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
Welcome home, ojah awake and africa we go go, released in. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from osibisa at the discogs marketplace. Ojah awake, osibisa s 1976 album half filled with disco beats, opens with total two covers, the coffee song and the warrior. The cd duplicates the ojah awake album in poorer fidelity with the addition of a track dubbed from osibisa s video. Ojah awake is an album by british afropop band osibisa released in 1976 by island records ilps 9411. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Probably the leading pioneers of african rock music osibisa were certainly responsible for introducing afrorhythms to a mainstream rock audience, with tracks like sunshine dayand dance the body music. Osibisas eighth album, ojah awake, is also the best in imho. Get all the lyrics to songs on sunshine day and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Issued in 1995 cd format by aim records aim 1056 cd.
Osibisa is a british afropop band, founded in london in 1969 by four expatriate african and three caribbean musicians. I also like the later, poppier ojah awake more than this one. Osibisa were among the first afropop bands to cross over to european and american audiences in the early 1970s. Enjoy what you take dont moan and grumble at something you get for free. Osibisa biography founded in london, uk in 1969 still active as of 2015 osibisa means crisscross rhythms that explode with happiness, and what a precise name, the first thing that anybody who listens this band admires is the fantastic rhythm section, combining drums and bass with tribal percussion instruments in a delightful way, even uriah heep couldnt resist the chance to add their. Osibisa were one of the first african bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding world music. Flying bird makes a little more serious bridge to the obvious hit tracks of the album. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. World group formed in london did much to raise awareness of african music in the early 1970s. Osibisa biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
Get all the lyrics to songs on the warrior and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Osibisa kokorokoo from lp heads 1972 this feature is not available right now. My opinion is that osibisa is not worth its followup, woyaya. Osibisa is a jazz rockfusion progressive rock artist from ghana. Get all the lyrics to songs by osibisa and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. They continually released countless number of hit songs that went viral in the world of music. Flying elephant, a record label owned by osibisa, is working with scratch studios, a music label based in accra to launch the album. Download welcome home osibisa mp3 friday 10 may osibisa 19 ojah awake. Before getting to know this great debut album, i had listened to osibirock and rated it 4. I love african music overall, and bought this for osibisa s obvious hits. Ojah awake is an album by ghanaian afropop band osibisa released in 1976 by island records ilps 9411. Get all the lyrics to songs on ojah awake and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Osibisa s eighth album in only five years, 1976s ojah awake was the ghanaian afropoppers commercial high point in their adopted home of great britain. Albums include osibisa, woyaya, and a monstrous psychedelic bubble vol.
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