(Luaka Bop)Discoveries are,necessarily, becoming harder to find. Every secondhand record shop has been picked over; every obscurity has been sampled, or located and propelled to niche renown – occasionally unwillingly. Nigerian funk synthesist William Onyeabor,for one, has no interest in the extraordinary records he made in the 70s; he just cares approximately Jesus. final year, and a producer called Lewis,unknowingly elevated to cult status for his 80s synth recordings, was found in Canada. He wasn’t particularly bothered.
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Source: theguardian.com