{"product_id":"soul-jazz-records-presents-nigeria-fuji-machine-synchro-sound-system-power-cd","title":"Soul Jazz Records presents - Nigeria Fuji Machine: Synchro Sound System \u0026 Power (CD) | Mint Mint","description":"Syncho Sound System \u0026amp; Power features the music of Nigeria Fuji Machine, which includes some of the country's finest Fuji master drummers and singers, and is newly recorded by Soul Jazz Records in Lagos, Nigeria.\nFuji is the heavily percussive and improvisational style of Nigerian popular music, at once modern and yet deeply rooted in the traditional Islamic Yoruba culture of Nigeria, a hi-energy street music which evolved out of the Islamic celebration of Ramadan. \nHere on this album Nigeria Fuji Machine's striking and powerful lead vocalist Taofik Yemi Fagbenro soars above a wild and energetic backdrop of polyrhythms played on traditional talking drums, trap drums, electronic and street percussion to create a powerful wall of intense sound.\nBy the early 1970s this music had crossed-over into popular Nigerian culture where it came to be known as Fuji, first made popular by the artist Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister. \nIn the 1970s and 1980s three Nigerian artists King Sunny Ad, Chief Ebonezer Obey and Fela Kuti all secured international major record deals bringing popularity to the Nigerian musical styles of Juju (Ad and Obey) and Afro-Beat (Fela Kuti's unique mixture of highlife, funk and jazz) abroad, but in the process ignoring much of Nigeria's rich musical landscape. Fuji is, alongside Highlife, Juju, Afro-Beat, Sakara, Afro-Reggae, Waka, Igbo rap, Apala and numerous others one of these central styles of Nigerian music.\nThe singer Barrister described the music as follows: Fuji music is a combination of music consisting of Sakara, Apala, Juju, Aro, Afro, Gudugudu, and possibly Highlife. \nToday it remains a popular music with deep Islamic roots which continues to modernise and Nigeria Fuji Machine's Syncho Sound System \u0026amp; Power is a powerful and intense musical experience.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedia Condition: Mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleeve Condition: Mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: Soul Jazz Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog Number: CD-SOJR-412\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz Records presents","offers":[{"title":"- WORLD *NEW*","offer_id":45063899611251,"sku":"NFJOP7-FQPM-6E","price":21.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/world-new_OhdAZ.jpg?v=1780534877","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/soul-jazz-records-presents-nigeria-fuji-machine-synchro-sound-system-power-cd","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}