Ajomasé is the groundbreaking debut album by legendary Nigerian percussionist Gasper Lawal. Originally released in 1980 on his own label CAP. Lawal's style was forged through decades of high-level percussion work with the likes of Stephen Stills, Barbra Streisand, George Clinton & Funkadelic, Manfred Mann, Alexis Korner, Vangelis and Ginger Baker's Air Force band. Dissatisfied with existing genre labels and production norms, Lawal began recording his own album in 1976 at Vangelis' own studio in London's Marble Arch before switching to long, drawn-out night shifts at Surrey Sound Studios, using downtime between The Police's sessions for Outlandos D'Amour.
First-time reissue
Tracklist A1 Jeka José A2 Kita Kita A3 Eronu B1 Ajomasé B2 Awon Ojise Oluwa B3 Oro Moro B4 Saikoskro
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Ajomasé is the groundbreaking debut album by legendary Nigerian percussionist Gasper Lawal. Originally released in 1980 on his own label CAP.
Lawal's style was forged through decades of high-level percussion work with the likes of Stephen Stills, Barbra Streisand, George Clinton & Funkadelic, Manfred Mann, Alexis Korner, Vangelis and Ginger Baker's Air Force band. Dissatisfied with existing genre labels and production norms, Lawal began recording his own album in 1976 at Vangelis' own studio in London's Marble Arch before switching to long, drawn-out night shifts at Surrey Sound Studios, using downtime between The Police's sessions for Outlandos D'Amour.
First-time reissue
Tracklist
A1 Jeka José
A2 Kita Kita
A3 Eronu
B1 Ajomasé
B2 Awon Ojise Oluwa
B3 Oro Moro
B4 Saikoskro