Honourable Vincent Ugabi And His Uwepa Uwano Youths Dance Band
Honourable Vincent Ugabi & His Weppa Wano Youths Dance Band (Agenebode)
- Label
- Kabakar Sounds
- Catalog number
- KSLPS 2
- Format
- LP · Album
- Country
- Nigeria
- Released
- 1975
- Genre
- Folk, World, & Country
What’s on it
Honourable Vincent Ugabi And His Uwepa Uwano Youths Dance Band has 7 tracks.
- A1Agboaymie
- A2Onoyemere
- A3Audu Special No 2
- A4Otogbo Heramed Yamhe
- B1Aghuparmhe
- B2Emetsemobo-Otsemuno
- B3Ivanwo De
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Where it came from
Released in 1975 on the Kabakar Sounds label, this recording captures the distinctive highlife and traditional music fusion of Honourable Vincent Ugabi and his ensemble. Based in Agenebode, in the Etsako region of Nigeria, Ugabi was a prominent figure in the local music scene, known for blending the rhythmic patterns of the Weppa-Wano people with contemporary instrumentation of the era. The album serves as a vital document of 1970s regional Nigerian popular music, a period marked by a flourishing of local labels capturing the unique cultural expressions of various ethnic groups.
The production style reflects the raw, vibrant aesthetic typical of mid-70s Nigerian independent pressings. The music features driving percussion and call-and-response vocals characteristic of traditional dance music, adapted for the highlife dance floor. While information regarding the specific graphic designer or recording engineer remains undocumented in general archives, the record is highly regarded by ethnomusicologists and collectors of West African vinyl for its cultural authenticity and its role in preserving the specific communal musical traditions of the Etsako people during a transformative time for Nigerian pop music.
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