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Lagos Highlife CD1

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March 20, 2009 11:26 PM PDT

For this episode, I am paying tribute to the legends of Nigeria highlife music. Imagine you are now in Lagos, Nigeria on a Friday or maybe Saturday night, freshly brewed palm wine is served and good time is about to start until sunrise. No last call for alcohol here, just plenty of your favorite Guinness Stout, Guilder, Star, Heineken lager on tap....enjoy

Lagos Highlife Mix CD 1 Song List

01. Celestine Ukwu - Ife Sina Chi (87.1 BPM)

02. I.K Dairo & His Blue Sports - Erere Muture (87.6 BPM)

03. Rex Lawson - So Ala Temen (87.7 BPM)

04. Dr. Victor Olaiya – Omopupa (88.6 BPM)

05. Celestine Ukwu - Onye Akwana Uwa (91.3 BPM)

06. Celestine Ukwu - Ije Enu (95.2 BPM)

07. Dr. Victor Olaiya - Mofe Mu Yan (95.5 BPM)

08. Rex Lawson - Osuala Oru Enene (96.4 BPM)

09. Celestine Ukwu - Igede Part 1 (97.1 BPM)

10. Gentleman Mike Ejeagha - Obiako Nnwan Omenani No.2 (98.4 BPM)

11. Dr. Victor Olaiya - Tina Mate (101 BPM)

12. Dr. Victor Olaiya - Ilu Le O (101.8 BPM)

13. Celestine Ukwu - Uwa Bu Olili (102.6 BPM)

14. Rex Lawson – Anate (103.5 BPM)

15. Rex Lawson - Figboru Ene (105.1 BPM)

16. I.K Dairo & His Blue Spots - Daluno Adama (107.3 BPM)

17. Dr. Victor Olaiya - Invitation To Highlife (107.5 BPM)

18. Orlando Julius - Binu Binu (114.5 BPM)

Podcast Summary

Featuring all the great tunes from Africa with emphasis on juju, highlife, hiplife, apala, fuji, soukous and afrobeat.

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Michael Onas Biography: Michael Onas is a San Francisco based music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Nigeria, his early music production and DJ career started in Lagos where he was exposed to live performances by various local talents including King Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, Victor Olaiya, Bobby Benson, Dele Abiodun and Fela Kuti. He was also influenced by both local and international music variety shows on radio and televison at the time, namely Beach Comber, Soul Train and radio mix shows hosted by legendary Nigerian DJ's Patrick Oke and J.A.J (Jacob Akinyemi Johnson). Michael Onas's style is genre defying, funky, tribal and deep. He is comfortable spinning everything from world beat, house, dance-hall, hip-hop, 70's, 80's, 90's and current top hits. Past DJ residencies: Sound Factory (San Francisco), Club 181 (San Francisco), Pollyesther (San Francisco), Starlight Room (San Francisco), Release/ 1015 Folsom (San Francisco), Restaurante Eleven (San Francisco), Buddah Lounge (San Francisco), Tatou Supper Zelo (Santa Barbara), Alex's (Santa Barbara & Goleta), Revival (Santa Barbara), Graduate/ Anaconda (Santa Barbara), Voodoo Lounge (Santa Barbara), Calypso (Santa Barbara), Toes Tavern (Santa Barbara), Pierce Street Annex (Santa Barbara), Tortilla Flat (San Luis Obispo), Graduate (San Luis Obispo), Signature (San Luis Obispo, CA), Club (Los Angeles), RA (Las Vegas, NV), Viper Room (Los Angeles), Pops (London, UK). If you enjoy this podcast : 1. Let me know, you can find me on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/MichaelOnas and on Facebook; Michael Onas 2. Let others know, leave your comments on the iTunes music store and on the website at http://worldbeat.podomatic.com 3. Join The African Highlife Preservation Society on FACEBOOK. 4. Some of the legendary African artist featured in this podcast are profiled at www.africa-online.com/music These mixes are a form of promotion for artists and groups featured. If you like these tracks, please support the artists and groups by purchasing their original releases.

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