Down To Earth, by Odion Iruoje

Down To Earth

by Odion Iruoje

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Cortega Absolutely love this whole release. High energy and originality this was so bold when it came out and remains so relevant today! Favorite track: Ikebe.

kdelabass An incredible album, nothing quite like it coming out of Africa Favorite track: Aro Affair (Crazy Scene).

Ryan Sarno Slamming reissue of producer and Nigerian music hero, Odion Iruoje's only album. The record brims with studio futuristic ideas - disco rap, phasing everything, bonked juju. "Aro Affair" could have only hit vinyl in '83, but "Anogo - Giri" is my new favorite song. Favorite track: Anogo - Giri.

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1.	Identify With Your Root (Which One You De?) 06:45	buy track
2.	Anogo - Giri 06:21	buy track
3.	Ikebe 05:00	buy track
4.	Alhaja And Obiageri 04:32	buy track
5.	Love Care 05:09	buy track
6.	Aro Affair (Crazy Scene) 06:13	buy track

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The only self-tiled LP released by Nigeria’s number-one producer of the 1970s and early ‘80s, ‘Sound President’ Odion Iruoje. Originally produced on his own label Odion Ltd and released in 1983, this over-looked and obscure LP was originally only ever distributed in small numbers back in the early 1980s.

Iruoje is credited as being the man who signed Fela Kuti to EMI Nigeria and produced all of Fela’s revolutionary early material from 1970-73. His first job upon being taken on by EMI Nigeria in 1969 was to be sent to London on a work experience placement at their London studios in St. Johns Wood. When he arrived he was pitched straight in at the deep-end, finding The Beatles deep in the recording of their Abbey Road album. He also signed and produced most of the great body of Nigerian material on the EMI label including BLO, Mono-Mono, Tunji Oyelana (who adds vocals on this LP), Ofege, Geraldo Pino, Sonny Okosuns and many many more. Part disco, part Nigerian rap, Afro-funk & Juju it’s a unique and at times eccentric blend of Nigerian music that certainly deserves another look after all these years.

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released August 19, 2016

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