William Onyeabor. "Fantastic Man." Who Is William Onyeabor?, Luaka Bop, Inc., 2013.
We sadly lost this incredible Nigerian artist earlier this year at the ripe old age of 90, but his funky synth-afrobeat music lives on (and is the perfect jam to listen to while rollerskating, no?). This track is off his 1979 record Tomorrow, and was released as part of a compilation over thirty years later by David Byrne's Luaka Bop imprint.
Released by Nowness, video by Adam Bainbridge, aka Kindness, and Camilla Wasserman for William Onyeabor's "Fantastic Man." Features the roller dancers of the Central Park Dance Skaters Association. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1fRNFEx Support William Onyeabor on iTunes http://georiot.co/1uDa or Amazon http://smarturl.it/onyeabor.
Support Mr. Onyeabor on iTunes http://georiot.co/1uDa or Amazon http://smarturl.it/onyeabor. Follow https://www.facebook.com/WilliamOnyeabor Animations by Leo Lyxxx, Stockholm (http://leolyxxx.com/) and opening composition by Policy (https://www.facebook.com/PolicyTracks). Original recording at Wilfilms Limited, Enugu, Nigeria in 1983, and re-mastered in New York City, 2013.
Learn more about Onyeabor in this article from the Guardian or in the Noisey documentary below.
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