Cherry Red Records Synchro System / Aura

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In world music,
few if any other, musicians are held in such esteem as Nigeria’s King Sunny Ade.
In a career that stretches back to the 1960s, the man has proven to be a dynamic
and enduring influence, taking juju music (a derivative of an indigenous
percussive style in Nigeria; also, contrary to popular misconception, the term
has no connection to magic!) and bringing it onto a global stage.
Following the
success critical and commercial of 1982’s juju music, there followed syncro system  (1983) and ‘aura’ (’84). Both continued the
style and sound, which had taken everyone by surprise on juju music.
Feted with awards and
success down the years, the spread of world music over the past three decades
can easily make one take it all for granted. You can easily breeze over the
times when this form of music was seen as daring. King sunny ade and the African
beats were the band who brought it all into focus for the rest of us. Remember
that when you’re listening to these two albums. Not only are they hugely
entertaining, but rivetingly this isn’t part of history it is history.