MANU BOUBLI & UCHENNA IKONNE / マヌ・ブーブリ & ウチェンナ・イコンヌ / VINYL DIGEST #2: AFRICAN FUNK, SOUL & DISCO / 書籍

音楽史家でComb & Razor Soundの創設者ウチェンナ・イコネと、マヌ・ブブリ（Comet Records、Superfly Records）による、アフリカのファンク、ソウル、ディスコの必聴レコード400枚をセレクトしたディスクガイド!!

全7章からなる本作は、1970年代の荒削りなファンクからアフロビート、ジャズ・フュージョン、ディスコを経て、世界に広がるディアスポラまでをたどる。各盤にはレア度スコアとコレクター用チェックボックスを付け、オリジナル・アートワークを全編フルカラーで掲載している。

“Writing a book on African music is like deciding you want to write a symphony — but before you can write the music, you first have to invent every instrument in the orchestra.” — Uchenna Ikonne

執筆：Manu Boubli & Uchenna Ikonne
編集：Andrew Mason

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AT A GLANCE
400 records: each individually annotated, spanning 1964'2024
7 chapters: Essentials · Raw Power · Afrobeat · Sounds Like Jazz · Disco Craze · Electrified · Global Movement
16 essential compilations with a survey essay on the reissue labels that opened the genre
19 guest selector lists from DJs, musicians, label heads, scholars and journalists
Extended interview with Manu Boubli and Uchenna Ikonne, conducted by Andrew Mason
Rarity scoring 1'5 — from common pressings to the holiest grails; Collector’s checkboxes on every entry
Records from 20+ countries — Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Benin, Guinea, Kenya and more
Glossary of 19 regional styles — Afrobeat, highlife, mbaqanga, soukous, kwaito, ziglibithy, ikwokirikwo and more
Full index of listed artists and guest performers; Blank notes pages at the back for want-lists and annotations
Cover Artist Lemi Ghariokwu — designer of twenty-six Fela Kuti album covers, dubbed “King of Covers” by Observer Music Magazine

ARTISTS INSIDE
Fela Kuti · Tony Allen · Ebo Taylor · King Sunny Adé · Manu Dibango · The Lijadu Sisters · Ofege · The Funkees · Orlando Julius · Blo · Marijata · K.
Frimpong · Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou · Prince Nico Mbarga · Osibisa · Harari · Black Disco · Dick Khoza · Shina Williams · Peter King · Amara
Touré · Tabu Ley Rochereau · Steve Monite · Nkono Teles

LABELS COVERED
EMI Nigeria · Decca Afrodisia · Tabansi · Albarika Store · Essiebons · Phonodisk · The Sun · Polydor · HMV · Makossa International · Soundway · Analog
Africa · Strut · Comb & Razor Sound · Now-Again · Hot Casa · Matsuli · Odion Livingstone

GUEST SELECTORS
Rich Medina · Eothen “Egon” Alapatt · Quinton Scott (Strut) · Michael Veal · Wunmi Olaiya · Lemi Ghariokwu · Hugo Mendez (Sofrito) · Frank Merritt
(The Carvery) · Matt Temple (Matsuli) · Gary Johnson (Mr Bongo) · Temitope Kogbe (Odion Livingstone) · Julien Lebrun (Hot Casa) · Liam Farrell
(Doctor L) · John Armstrong · Greg de Villanova · Andrew Mason · Manu Boubli · Eilon Paz

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Uchenna Ikonne
Uchenna Ikonne is a filmmaker, record producer, and author specializing in the histories of the music of Black America and West Africa. He played a
key role in the ‘00s revival of vintage African music via his blog With Comb & Razor and reissue imprint Comb & Razor Sound. He has DJed across the
globe and worked as a research and licensing consultant, and has curated compilations for Soundway, Now-Again, Luaka Bop, and Analog Africa.

Manu Boubli
A native Parisian, Manu Boubli played an important part in the birth of the French acid jazz scene in the early ’90s. He went on to found Comet
Records, producing drummer Tony Allen while spinning eclectic DJ sets, writing for magazines, and compiling rare groove collections. In 2012, he
co-founded Superfly Records, one of the world’s leading record shops and reissue labels.