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ARTIST
HAASTRUP, JONI
TITLE
Wake Up Your Mind (Deluxe Gatefold)
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
HOT CASA
CATALOG #
HC 043LP
HC 043LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
11/11/2016
2024 restock. Hot Casa reissues
Joni Haastrup
's
Wake Up Your Mind
, originally recorded in 1978. Growing up in a royal household in Nigeria, Joni Haastrup began his musical journey performing for his brother's band
Sneakers
and was quickly snapped up as a vocalist for
Orlando Julius Ekemode
and his
Modern Aces
's 1966
Super Afro Soul
album (VAMPI 091CD), one of Afro-beat's formative albums. Soon after,
Ginger Baker
of
Cream
fame replaced
Steve Winwood
with Joni on keys for
Air Force
's UK concerts in '71 and the success of the collaboration led to further shows with Baker as part of the
SALT
project before he returned to Nigeria to set up
MonoMono
. Back in London in 1978, Joni recorded his solo gem
Wake Up Your Mind
for the Afrodesia imprint. Laced with funk basslines, swirling keyboards and screaming guitars, this is Joni's most "western" record but at the same time, unmistakably African in origin. From the slow-motion disco of "Greetings" to the stone-cold groove of "Watch Out" to the
Reuben Wilson
-style funk of "Free My People" Joni was soaking up the sounds of the times and blending them with the music of his roots. Limited repress of Hot Casa's 2011 reissue. Deluxe gatefold sleeve.
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