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01. IGNA IGWEBUIKE - Disco Bomp
02. IGNA IGWEBUIKE - Disco Power
03. IGNA IGWEBUIKE - Funk Ina Ghatto
04. IGNA IGWEBUIKE - World Of Misery
05. IGNA IGWEBUIKE - World Of Love
06. IGNA IGWEBUIKE - Take Me High
ARTIST
TITLE
Bomp
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
PMG 051CD PMG 051CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/27/2017

PMG present a reissue of Igna Igwebuike's Bomp, originally released in 1980. "It takes a lot of swag to wear a hat as big as the hat that I.G. wears on the cover of Bomp. But I.G., a.k.a. Bobby I.G., a.k.a. I.G. New Yorker, had swag by the bucket load. That hat tells you everything you need to know about I.G. and, indeed, about Bomp - it's a big funky slice of Nigerian cowboy disco magic. I.G. was a player in the thriving Enugu boogie scene, a scene, in the east of the country that also produced Goddy Oku and William Onyeabor. With Mr Mighty Flames, Willie N'For on bass, Austin Onwurah on drums and all the bells and whistles of the Godiac Studios close at hand, a Nigerian disco classic was inevitable. 'Disco Bomp' and 'Disco Power' are straight-ahead floor-fillers. 'Funk Ina Ghatto' has a slower, dirtier groove. 'World Of Misery' takes a slight calypso reggae detour, before 'Take Me Home' brings it on home, with an unabashed plea for 'loving' and some delightfully wonky synth lines from another Mighty Flame, Frankie Song. Bomp was I.G.'s only album. It's a startling one-off disco boogie classic that was clear in its ambition and perfect in its execution. A bit like the hat, really." --Peter Moore