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ker4unos · 2 years

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WEST AFRICAN RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

West African is an African region that spans the western part of the continent.

AGNIS ─ “The Agnis, or Anyi, people are an African people. They are native to the Ivory Coast.” ─ Anyi Information

AKAN ─ “The Akan people are an African people. They are native to Ghana and the Ivory Coast.” ─ Pre-Colonial History of Ghana ─ Modern-Day Akan ─ Akan Dictionary

ANNANG ─ “The Annang, or Anaang, people are an African people. They are native to southern Nigeria.” ─ Annang Dictionary

ASHANTI ─ “The Ashanti, or Asante, people are an African people. They are native to the Ashanti region in Ghana.” ─ Ashanti Information ─ Ashanti Culture ─ Ashanti History

BAMBARA ─ “The Bambara people are an African people. They are native to West Africa.” ─ Bambara Art ─ Bambara Language (in French)

BASSARI ─ “The Bassari people are an African people. They are native to the Kédougou region of Senegal.” ─ Bassari Language (in French)

EWE ─ “The Ewe people are an African people. They are native to the coastal areas of West Africa.” ─ Ewe Information ─ The Anlo-Ewe People ─ The Adze in Ewe Mythology

FON ─ “The Fon, or Dahomey, people are an African people. They are native to south Benin and southwest Togo and Nigeria.” ─ The Dahomey Amazons

IBIBIO ─ “The Ibibio people are an African people. They are native to the coasts of southern Nigeria.” ─ Ibibio Language Resources ─ Ibibio Masks

IGBO ─ "The Igbo, or Ibo, people are an African people. They are native to Nigeria.” ─ Igbo Culture ─ Igbo Dictionary

ISOKO ─ “The Isoko people are an African people. They are native to the Isoko region in Nigeria.” ─ Isoko Information ─ Isoko Culture and History ─ Isoko Dictionary

KONGO ─ “The Kongo people are an African people. They are native to the Atlantic coast of central Africa.” ─ Kongo Language Resources ─ Kongo Dictionary

KONO ─ “The Kono people are an African people. They are native to the Kono District in eastern Sierra Leone.” ─ Kono Culture and Rituals

NIGERIAN ─ “The Nigerian people are an African people that share the Nigerian culture. They are native to Nigeria.” ─ Nigerian Information ─ Colonial Nigeria

SERER ─ “The Serer, or Seereer, people are an African people. They are native to Senegal.” ─ Serer Information ─ Serer Language

TALLENSI ─ “The Tallensi, or Talensi, people are an African people. They are native to northern Ghana.” ─ Tallensi Culture ─ Tallensi Development and Culture

URHOBO ─ “The Urhobo people are an African people. They are native to the Niger Delta in Nigeria.” ─ Ughelli Kingdom Information ─ Urhobo Dictionary

VODUN ─ “Vodun, or Vodon, is a West African religion. It originates in West Africa.” ─ Christians and Vodun

YORUBA ─ “Yoruba, or Isese, is a West African religion. It originates in southwestern Nigeria.” ─ The Yoruba People ─ Yoruba Culture (in Spanish) ─ Yoruba Mythology

#resources #agnis #akan #annang #ashanti #bambara #bassari #ewe #fon #ibibio #igbo #isoko #kongo #kono #nigerian #serer #tallensi #vodun #yoruba #west african

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voicesfromthelight · 1 year

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About a year ago, I attempted a self-directed past life regression meditation, and instead, found myself catapulted that night into my future incarnation as a girl of Igbo and Ibibio heritage in Nigeria. This is an AI-prompted portrait of my future self. Imagine a city to her left, and a kind uncle watching over her. I was confused about my identity, and "my" uncle had to point out to me who I was. I was either of Ibibio or mixed Igbo-Ibibio heritage. (The moment of clairaudience was very slightly garbled, stuttering, as it often does.) I had never heard the term "Ibibio" before. When I looked into it, I found out that there are many documented cases of reincarnation in Ibibio communities. I sometimes wonder whether it was a moment of actual precognition, or something even more mysterious, a kind of meeting of two concurrent minds. Perhaps that little girl is alive in Nigeria right now, imagining me as her past self.

The day after I had the dream, I fell violently ill, and had to go to the hospital. It was almost like I had been shown that deterioration of the body and death was no big deal. So, should I, G-d forbid, pass too soon, come find me by the river, in Nigeria, seven years from the day I die.

#reincarnation #future lives #Ibibio #Igbo #precognition #lucid #lucid dreams #lucid dreaming #psychic #mediumship #psychic medium #trance medium #psychics of tumblr #mediums of tumblr #AI #Midjourney

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princesspatakpabio · 1 year

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- The absence of light gives darkness its authenticity. - The absence of darkness gives light its authenticity. - The presence of light weakens darkness and the absence of light strengthen darkness. - Light and Darkness needs each to verify who they are. ~ Princess Pat Akpabio. #princesspatakpabio #womanBecoming #christianity #darkness #light #thesingingseer #jesusbarbie #jesusbarbie #ibibio #life #inspiration https://www.instagram.com/p/CpzwAFmoYTb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#princesspatakpabio #womanbecoming #christianity #darkness #light #thesingingseer #jesusbarbie #ibibio #life #inspiration

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thesuperjelo · 1 year

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When people say they haven't heard my album 😂😂😂 . . . . . . . #mugshot #servingface #face #crusty #crustymemes #me #myself #profile #memeoftheday #eyes #bearded #blackhair #nappyhair #ibibio #randompicture #nairobi #tanzania🇹🇿 #nigeriahairstyles #afroeuropean https://www.instagram.com/p/CmGke9DNnLc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mugshot #servingface #face #crusty #crustymemes #me #myself #profile #memeoftheday #eyes #bearded #blackhair #nappyhair #ibibio #randompicture #nairobi #tanzania🇹🇿#nigeriahairstyles #afroeuropean

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desktopdisko · 2 months

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Desktop Disko's B-Rotation Top 50 (2024 #03)

Youtube Musicvideo Playlist: DD's B-Rotation Playlist 2024 #03

01 Goat Girl: ride around 02 Social Dance: Sometimes 03 Angus & Julia Stone: Cape Forestier (NEW) 04 Juliet Ivy: We're All Eating Each Other 05 Maya Hawke: Missing Out 06 Lauren Eve Scheff: Nothing to Prove 07 DIIV: Brown Paper Bag 08 Warpaint: Common Blue 09 Sevana: Lowe Mi - 2K24 Re-Release 10 Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (NEW)

11 Janelane: Love Letters (NEW) 12 Khruangbin: May Ninth 13 Hurray for the Riff Raff: Hawkmoon 14 Aili: Fashion 15 Grandaddy: Long as I'm Not the One 16 Holly Macve: 1995 17 Saya Gray: AA Bouquet for Your 180 Face 18 Kevin Holliday: I Want You (NEW) 19 Freeze the Fall: Glitch 20 Jade Bird feat. Mura Masa: Burn the Hard Drive

21 Elbow: Lovers' Leap 22 Dahlias: Ella 23 Suki Waterhouse: OMG 24 Jordan Rakei: Freedom (NEW) 25 Kirsten Ludwig: Sunbeam (NEW) 26 Waxahatchee: Bored 27 Norah Jones: Paradise (NEW) 28 Richard Hawley: Two for His Heels 29 The Smile: Friend of a Friend 30 OMD: Kleptocracy

31 Skunk: 2 Wicky 32 lotusbliss: Tear Me Apart 33 The Church: A Strange Past 34 Alycia Lang: Bad Luck 35 Ariana Grande: we can't be friends - wait for your love (NEW) 36 Pearl Jam: Dark Matter 37 The Indien: How Many Nights (NEW) 38 Royel Otis: Foam 39 Keaper: Alone 40 Mooneye: Too Fast

41 Jane Weaver: Romantic Worlds 42 Madison Galloway: Love Like Yours 43 Faye Webster feat. Lil Yachty: Lego Ring 44 Rosegarden Funeral Party: Doorway Ghost 45 The Black Keys: I Forgot to Be Your Lover 46 Samantha Savage Smith: Wholesomely Made 47 The Marías: Run Your Mouth (NEW) 48 iomfro: Sammenbidte Tænder (NEW) 49 Miakie & Ethan Jupe: Want the Goosebumps (NEW) 50 Fan Club: Westbound (NEW)

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iamthecrime · 3 months

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#ibibio sound machine #go to be who u are #pull the rope #music

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filmsandjrpgs · 1 year

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favourite albums of 2022

#indie music #black country new road #black midi #big thief #ibibio sound machine #viagra boys #deaths dynamic shroud #the beths #richard dawson #cheekface

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dontlookdown · 1 year

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Nick’s Favourite Music of 2022

Those who have followed my work for a while know that I usually start the new year with a collection of reviews looking at my favourite songs of the year. This year, I’m only doing the one post. If my experience with burning out halfway through last years’ list taught me anything, it’s that I can’t commit to the traditional series of twenty-plus blog posts when I know full well that I don’t have the time or the energy to see it through. Maybe things will be different next year. For this year, I’m happy to compromise.

Below, you’ll find the list of my 20 favourite songs of 2022 (YouTube links in the headings, Spotify embed at the bottom), along with a few words about why I love each particular one. Let’s go!

Röyksopp – “Speed King”

I started putting this playlist together with the first and last tracks already in mind, due to their lengthy runtimes. Normally, I’d kick things off with a true opener, something loud and driving. Despite its name, “Speed King” is not that. It’s a slow, electronic burn that builds into something truly formidable. My immediate reaction upon first hearing it was “This is the Daft Punk track I’ve been waiting for since 2005,” but that backhanded compliment ignores how the way the bassline steadily bubbles away in the background is pure Röyksopp, a hallmark that you’ll find throughout their work. The duo released three albums over 2022 and, while there’s great songs on all three (especially the tracks featuring Alison Goldfrapp and Susanne Sundfør), they saved the best for last.

††† (Crosses) - “Procession”

We’re going to stay in a low-key mood for a bit with the next two songs. Considering how I fell in love with Deftones in 2020, it seemed right that I should check out Chino Moreno’s side project when they re-emerged with their first new material in nine years. The PERMANENT.RADIANT EP turned out to be the perfect taster for this group’s softer, more atmospheric sound. I particularly loved “Procession”, which is the perfect showcase for Chino’s distinct voice and a show-stopping bassline that kicks in at 2:40.

The 1975 – “About You”

I find it difficult to pin down my feelings about the 1975. They’re a band I always want to keep at arm’s length, and yet they’ve ended up my year-end lists three times now. That’s an achievement in itself, but doing it with three songs that sound nothing like each other is something else. “About You” is the most U2-ass sounding song of the year. And I like U2 a lot.

Asunojokei – “Diva Under the Blue Sky”

Here we fucking go. Asunojokei are a Japanese band that have picked up the “black metal but happy” torch from Deafheaven and ran a mile with it with their album Island. I keep getting Undertale vibes from “Diva Under the Blue Sky”. Something about the main melody feels very reminiscent of the excellent work Toby Fox did on that game's soundtrack.

The Beths – “Silence Is Golden”

A bit of blistering Kiwi indie rock to get the pulse up.

Phoenix – “After Midnight”

I was not expecting this. A beautiful reminder of what Phoenix are capable of, absolute masters of a slick, twisty pop-rock style that’s very much their own.

Fred again.. – “Jungle”

A true club banger. Turns out you can do an awful lot with a chopped vocal sample, a savage beat and a great sense of dynamics and timing.

Ibibio Sound Machine – “Protection From Evil”

I’ve got a lot of love for tracks that find ways to keep building and building upon themselves. Having a truly magnetic presence like Eno Williams front-and-centre on the microphone would’ve been enough, but having her vocals and the rhythm behind her slowly rising in intensity before colliding together with horns for the climax is downright magical.

Beyoncé – “Pure/Honey”

Never bet against Bey. There’s a reason RENAISSANCE was the near-unanimous critic’s pick for album of the year, that’s because it’s just so damn fun to listen to in full. “PURE/HONEY” splits the difference between the album’s two moods: hard-edged house to start, with shiny disco as a chaser. The way the songs shifts between those two gears makes it the perfect pick for this playlist.

The Weeknd – “Take My Breath”

I remember first hearing “Take Me Breath” and thinking “this needs something extra”. That something extra turned out to be the extended version on the Dawn FM album. Almost twice as long as the single version, it allows the backing beat room to stretch out, with the chugging muted guitar and arpeggiated vocoder properly setting the scene for song to make more of an impression. It doesn’t just benefit the song, but the album as a whole. The three-song-run of “How Do I Make You Love Me?”, “Take My Breath” and “Sacrifice” is a thrilling moment from an artist with a career full of them.

Spoon – “Wild”

“Wild” is my favourite song of the year. I knew that the second I laid ears on it. Spoon have been one of my favourite bands for a long time, and the fact that they can still come up with songs this good after 25 years is awe-inspiring. “Wild” is such a perfect Spoon-esque song, it’s honestly incredible that they hadn’t written it already.

Alvvays – “Belinda Says”

A blast of aural sunshine, with a key-change befitting of its namesake.

Camp Cope – “Running with the Hurricane”

This was a late discovery for me in December. While making my way through all of the hyped releases I’d missed, it was refreshing to come across music that was so direct and earnest. A true breath of fresh air, which I assume a hurricane would also have plenty of.

Shamir – “Reproductive”

By contrast, this was an early favourite that I rediscovered while combing through my existing collection. It always takes me a few plays to properly acknowledge the lyrics of songs. Once I noticed the streak of self-loathing running through this one, it just made the deep sadness of the music hit harder.

The Smile – “Free In the Knowledge”

Choosing my album of the year was tricky. This and the next four acts on the list were all contenders for the crown, though none jumped out as instant picks like previous winners have. In the end, I gave it to A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile (the new band featuring Thom and Jonny from Radiohead, and Tom Skinner from Sons of Kemet), simply because I had a nice little moment to myself while listening to it for the first time. Relaxing alone in the park, in the warm sunshine, feeling at peace with everything. By the time I’d gotten to “Free In the Knowledge”, I felt a calmness I hadn’t felt in months. Other albums just can’t compete with those personal moments.

Big Thief – “Change”

One last quiet moment before things pick up again. “Change” is a cool breeze of existentialism on a warm day, the kind of vibe Big Thief have been very good at for some time now.

Black Country, New Road – “The Place Where He Inserted the Blade”

I’d said in the introductory post for my 2021 blogs that, after being slightly disappointed by their debut, I was looking forward to Black Country, New Road delivering on their next album. And boy, did they. Ants From Up There is a record that was fascinating on first listen, and keeps revealing hidden layers on repeat plays, especially when digging into the lyrics. “The Place Where He Inserted the Blade” (it’s about cooking, not killing) is a rich portrait of domestic malaise, the kind Jarvis Cocker used to dabble in. It’s sad that vocalist Isaac Wood has decided to move on, but I’m glad he’s putting his mental health first. That can’t have been an easy decision. And, once again, I’m very interested to see where the band goes from here.

Black Midi – “Sugar/Tzu”

I’d lumped Black Midi together with BC,NR and Squid (or Black Midi, New Squidi, as I liked to call the grouping) in that 2021 post, but they really couldn’t sound more different from each other. While BC,NR spent the year chasing a deliberately pastoral sound with strings and all, Black Midi made a record that sounded like an arson attack at a Cole Porter recital. Hellfire is Black Midi’s most accessible record yet (not a high bar, admittedly), and it’s helped grow my appreciation of their previous work too. If you’re in the mood for hearing three musicians (plus a brass section) playing the ever-loving shit out of their instruments, “Sugar/Tzu” is the song for you. I’m a very big fan of the little guitar break at 3:20.

SpiritWorld – “Relic of Damnation”

My ferocious appetite for metal and hardcore did not diminish in 2022, and SpiritWorld’s DEATHWESTERN was the best the genre had to offer this year. It’s loud as hell, yes, but there’s a buoyancy to this band’s music that harkens back to the thrash metal of the late ‘80s. A song like “Relic of Damnation” isn’t just interested in pummelling your ears, it also wants to propel you forward, smashing through whatever boring chore you have to finish. This band is almost single-handedly responsible for me processing as many invoices as I did this winter. I’d listen to Randy Moore make that demonic horse neighing sound with his guitar all fucking day.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “The Dripping Tap”

This isn’t the longest song I’ve featured on these year-end lists, and it sure-as-shit won’t feel like it either. Of the five (yes, five) albums worth of music Oceanic overachievers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released this year, “The Dripping Tap” is the crown jewel. While I’ve found some of the band’s other work to be somewhat meandering, this song is 18 minutes of pure, focused, fast-paced psychedelic rock. It’ll take you on a wild ride without even leaving your living room, and the time flies by whenever I put it on. The way the opening verse returns with a vengeance (and the full band behind it) for the final minute feels like a real gift, and the perfect way close out both this playlist and 2022 in general.

Thanks for reading! I enjoyed writing this! If you fancy reading more from me, I’ve done similar series for every year going back to 2011 (and basic lists for 2008-2010). Just copy and paste this link (https://dontlookdown.tumblr.com/tagged/best-of-20xx) and edit the year to see them!

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sad-sappy-sucker · 2 years

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But five minutes looking in his eyes

And we all knew he was broken pretty bad

So we gave him what we had

We cleared a space for him to sleep in

And we let the silence that's our trademark make it's presense felt

Ibibio Sound Machine // Color in Your Cheeks

#ibibio sound machine #the mountain goats #color in your cheeks #Spotify

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o-the-mts · 1 year

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2022 Year in Review: Favorite Albums

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and Lizzo all released acclaimed albums in 2022. But you don’t come to this Very Small Blog to hear about that ! I posted 44 Album of the Week reviews this year (which includes 3 albums from last year and 1 reissue from 1966). Here are 10 of my favorites I’ve culled from the list. Check out my lists of favorite albums from 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020…

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#2022 Favorites #Album Reviews #Congotronics International #Editrix #Favorite Albums #Ibibio Sound Machine #Medicine Singers #Music #Oumou Sangaré #Petrol Girls #Soul Glo #Special Interest #Stromae #The Linda Lindas #Youtube

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imathers · 1 year

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2022 Loosies: Ibibio Sound Machine — “Protection From Evil”

Okay, I will admit that what attracted me to this song after having a vague but positive sense of who these folks were for a bit was 1. a song title that sounds like a D&D spell 2. finding out this record is produced by Hot Chip. I sense that the rest of the record is good, possibly great, but I got “SPIRITUAL! INVISIBLE! PROTECTION! FROM EVIL!” stuck in my head on a loop whenever I tried to really listen to the rest of it, sorry.

#2022 review #music #ibibio sound machine #hot chip

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rubyvroom · 2 years

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“Protection From Evil” grants a +5 to all stats. Infused with the power of beats, roller skates, and laser beam eyes.

#my day is 100% better for discovering this song #music posts #ibibio sound machine #protection from evil #spiritual! invisible! protection! from evil!

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lovejustforaday · 1 year

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2022 Year End List - #10

Electricity - Ibibio Sound Machine

Main Genres: Electro, Afro-Funk

A decent sampling of: New Wave, Synth Funk, Electro-Disco, Dance Punk, Electroclash, Indietronica

And this year’s obligatory entry for the “artist I knew about for several years, liked one or two of their songs but only just checked out a full-length project” award goes to Ibibio Sound Machine.

Ibibio Sound Machine are an electronic funk and dance music (EFDM?) septet from London, fronted by their boldly charismatic contralto vocalist Eno Williams. Williams herself is of Ibibio descent, and often sings in her peoples’ native tongue with a warm and commanding presence.

The band’s music takes influence from a myriad of West African sounds and rhythms, and combines them with electro, new wave, and a variety of other upbeat dancey/funky/electronic genres that are often at least partially indebted to the music of the 80s. In this way, the band’s sound and image can be described as both Afrofuturist and retrofuturist, which just so happen to be two styles of art that I absolutely adore.

On their latest LP Electricity, Ibibio Sound Machine takes us through a neon technicolour playground of electro meets afro-funk, with utopian ideals of what a dancefloor might sound like on another planet or a hundred years from now. Indeed, it feels like Ibibio Sound Machine are either space travelers, time travelers, or both, who brought their sounds from another place or time to grace us with this new record.

Opener “Protection From Evil” is a buzzing, funky, bass-y cyberpunk sci-fi wet dream, with an ominous and menacing tension that climaxes in a wondrously cacophonous breakdown of saxophones and keyboards, lighting up the night sky with sonic laser beams destroying all nearby passing spacecraft. Williams delivers an almost occult spoken word performance before it gets to the chorus, as if instructing the listener to dance with oppressive force.

“Afo Ken Doko Mien” is a bit of an anomaly on the record; a post-minimalist take on West African folk music, with whirring background synths and a repetitious refrain that translates to “you promised me that you'd be by my side”. The song plays as a soothing lullaby, transcending spirit as well as the measurement of past, present, and future.

It is hard to overstate the relentless banger that is “Wanna See Your Face Again”. Hands down the best dance track of the year. Passionate, romantic, rhythmic, futuristic, sonically colourful, and avant-chic. The kind of music that aliens from the planet Funk 3000 would use to sell you high-end makeup made from rare intergalactic space dust. Kicks all kinds of ass with its afro-funk meets house beats, and I especially love the steel drums (or agogos?) at the end.

“Something We’ll Remember” is playful, audacious and delightfully nerdy new wave funk that makes you want to shake your ass for hours on end. The “Na Na Na Na Na”s of the chorus are infectious as all hell.

Admittedly, one or two of the songs feel a little redundant of some of the better tracks on the record. But then I also feel that, by their very nature, dance records often struggle to maintain a varied listening experience, and for the most part this record delivers on that front with a few exceptions.

And with what little it may lack in variety on one or two of the tracks, it more than makes up for by having a very unmistakably singular sound throughout. SImply put, no one is making music that sounds like Ibibio Sound Machine, and Electricity is a wholly unique experience unto itself, made with evident passion and boasting a lot of eccentric style and attitude. Definitely give this one a listen if you’re in the market for something different and eclectic.

8/10

Highlights: “Wanna See Your Face Again”, “Protection From Evil”, “Afo Ken Doko Mien”, “Something We’ll Remember”, “All That You Want”

#ibibio sound machine #electricity #afro-funk #electro #edm #2022 #aoty #album review #music review #best music #list #year end list #electronic

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