SEA LIONS - Free The People (1978)

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	1.	Free The People 05:08
	2.	Treachery 05:47
	3.	Good People 05:43
	4.	Express Yourself 05:00
	5.	Mr. Somebody 04:44
	6.	You Can Make It If You Try 05:20
	7.	Akwa Idim 05:07
	8.	Sugar Node Bitter 05:39

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- Long lost funky Afrobeat/Reggae classic from 1978
- For fans of Fela Kuti, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Segun Bucknor
- Swinging tunes full of energy creating a hypnotizing atmosphere
- Heartwarmingly fresh melodies with great organwork
- A massive collection of captivating grooves and haunting melodies.

The year is 1978 and one hot thing from the musical underground is Reggae music from Jamaica, the USA or UK, where most of
the acts had musicians of Caribbean descent. Reggae had the groove, the rebel spirit and the relaxed attitude all in one, to enchant
a big part of the world’s inhabitants. And while at least Jamaica as a relatively poor and so called „Third World“ country proved to
spawn Reggae acts of highest quality, literally nobody dared to look further and dig deeper into the underground except of a few
maniacs who were not satisfied with spinning Marley over and over again. And maybe they stumbled over the 1970s Afro Beat
sound from countries like Zambia or Nigeria and then got interested. What did they find in the simmering metropolises of this still
mysterious continent? Somewhere in Nigeria they would have certainly caught a glimpse on mind blowing performanes of THE
SEA LIONS, a six piece group mixing the then hip Reggae and Afro Beat styles to generate fresh and furious music with a hypnotizing
atmosphere. Polyrhythmic beat patterns build the foundation, the utterly fruitful soil for the heartwarming melodies wailed out
by the guitars and the commanding vocals with their conjuring charme. Great organwork builds the link between the groove
section and the melody instruments. You can imagine what a pleasant experience this band might have been live back in 1978
when their sole album „Free the people“ got released. And this album, of which copies in only good conditions already fetch prices
of 450,00 US$, while nice clean pieces might go up to 1200 US$, lives up to the expectations one might have from watching a live
show by the SEA LIONS. The sound is vivid, transparent, powerful and clean enough to make the music a real pleasure listening
to, but earthy enough to present nothing but the band going wild here. The songs all have similar pace, not too fast, but swinging
and pulsating to spread their energy to and among the listeners. The melodies are simple but come from the depth of the heart.
This feels typical for African 70s music and despite being kind of reduced, these melodies keep haunting you still even hours after
the record been taken off the turntable and put back into its sleeve. They bring images of an ever pulsating city by night, warm
climate, palm trees, people at the bar, a witches cauldron of sounds, smells, voice and pictures. And you feel the magic floating
through the air while this groove will not let you go so easily. You can either dance your soul out to this ultimate reissue or you
can sit down, listen and let the music tell you a story of the dark corners of the big city, the narrow alleys that lead you into a
boiling labyrinth of mystical dreams. And in songs like „You can make it if you try“ you will find the whole magic of the African
world, a world so fascinating for us Europeans but still so unapproachable in some ways and dangerous for the weak. Do not try
to resist, this is your pleasure. Grab a copy and the SEA LIONS, carry you off to their place. I haven’t heard such a killer Afro Beat
and Reggae album with songs this exciting and wild in a long time. If you equally love Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Segun Bucknor and
Fela Kuti, look no further. Here is the spiritual essence of all these great artists merged into one giant act.

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released August 28, 2020

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