Wilfilms Records – WLP 1003
Popularity through underground DJs ensures someone somewhere will be
spinning this as summer turns to winter and back. Nigerian funk may lag
behind more traditional styles in its homeland, but in Europe and the
U.S.A., William Onyeabor's mix of aggressive metaphor-free chants, fuzzy
keyboards staying on the right side of disco, with mildly under-mixed
female harmonies gives him leeway on both dancefloors and call to arms
rallies. 'Why Go To War' does what is asked of it, much in the same vein
as Curtis Mayfield of that era (but aeons ahead of Mayfield's huge
letdown 'Heartbeat'), 'Love Me Now' ploughs similar territory, themes
changing emphasis from destruction to sexual catharsis. In each case,
one powers the other under a sultry sullen production sky.
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