Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity '2022

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       The Nigerian-British band announces Electricity, a new futuristic
Afro-dance album produced by synthpop band Hot Chip. 
The collaboration between Ibibio Sound Machine and British band Hot Chip was
born out of a shared love of artists such as Francis Bebey and Giorgio Moroder,
as well as mutual admiration as the two bands regularly crossed paths at
festivals. United by their love of London dance music, they naturally decided to
work together on the next Ibibio Sound Machine album: Electricity, recorded and
produced by Hot Chip. Following up 2019’s Doko Mien, which mixed
“electro and highlife” according to Eno Williams (the band’s
lead singer), the result is a surprising mix of Afro-dance and retro-futuristic
synthesizers, as on the title track and “All That You Want” which
has just been unveiled. 

“Even in hard times, without love, there’s no electricity,”
Eno Williams says. “The idea behind Electricity was to mix Afrobeat and
synths in a Georgio Moroder kind of way. The final section of the song, with
Alfred’s two-string Ghanaian folk guitar, was already there when we went
into the studio. We enhanced it with a kick drum and the crazy percussion of Hot
Chip’s Owen’s drum machine to bring that Afro-futuristic feel to
the whole thing.”

Ibibio Sound Machine was founded in 2013 by Eno Williams and Max Grunhard with
the ambition to combine Eno’s Nigerian born and bred Ibibio musical
heritage with elements of modern electronic music. The band joined Merge Records
in 2017 for the album Uyai and made their return in 2019 with Doko Mien. They
will be back on the road in 2022.

1.01 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil (4:37)
1.02 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity (4:48)
1.03 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Casio (Yak Nda Nda) (3:56)
1.04 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Afo Ken Doko Mien (4:50)
1.05 - Ibibio Sound Machine - All That You Want (4:37)
1.06 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Wanna See Your Face Again (4:26)
1.07 - Ibibio Sound Machine - 17 18 19 (3:08)
1.08 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Truth No Lie (3:51)
1.09 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Oyoyo (3:02)
1.10 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Something We'll Remember (4:09)
1.11 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Almost Flying (4:07)
1.12 - Ibibio Sound Machine - Freedom (2:55) 

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