Take to The Streets

by Eparapo

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Tjay Maxx Killer album! Waiting to buy it on vinyl but featured My Beautiful City on my most recent Mixcloud show. Love it.

It is a great debut album.
www.mixcloud.com/TjayMaxx/september-ish-2023/ Favorite track: My Beautiful City feat. Afla Sackey.

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12" vinyl album by Afrobeat supergroup Eparapo with many tracks on vinyl for the very first time. Artwork by Animisiewasz and featuring inner lyric sheet.

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1.	Follow The Money feat. Dele Sosimi 08:45		buy track
2.	Who Invented Black And White feat. Dele Sosimi 05:32		buy track
3.	My Beautiful City feat. Afla Sackey 05:07	lyrics	buy track
“They killed my beautiful city with their greed And now I have to leave, I have to leave, I have to leave And they stripped my beautiful city of its soul And now I have to go, I have to go, I have to go Where there once were thriving communities There’s now just profit and speculation Where it once was all creativity There’s now just finance and money making Where there once were wide opportunities There’s now just hardship and tribulation Where we once took care of human needs There’s cost of living & isolation”
4.	From London To Lagos feat. Dele Sosimi 04:41		buy track
5.	Take To The Streets 11:25		buy track
6.	Black Lives Matter feat. Dele Sosimi 05:48		buy track

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Wah Wah 45s are proud to present the full debut album from Afrobeat supergroup Eparapo. Having come together during the unprecedented events of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, and despite being a project born from the privations of lockdown, their music is ultimately an expression of hope, resilience & resurgence.

The word “eparapo” means “join forces” in Yoruba, the language of Afrobeat. It’s also the title of a track by the late, great Tony Allen - drummer for Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and lifelong friend and mentor of our very own “Afrobeat Ambassador”, Dele Sosimi. Not only did Tony help to invent Afrobeat, he always looked for ways to push the boundaries, never content with recreating what had gone before but constantly expanding and developing the genre. This project hopes to pay homage to his legacy, and that of Fela Kuti himself. Its aim is to innovate, fuse and diversify while still retaining the essence of the music.

The force behind Eparapo is bassist, composer & producer Suman Joshi. He has been a member of Dele Sosimi’s Afrobeat Orchestra for nearly a decade and has performed on stage with the likes of Tony Allen, Seun Kuti, Ginger Baker & Laura Mvula. He is also bassist with UK jazz ensemble Collocutor and fusion project Cubafrobeat.

“The Eparapo project was conceived during a time of lockdowns & government scandals. The music that makes up this album was written and recorded against a backdrop of societal upheaval, culture wars and rising wealth inequality. With little scrutiny or resistance from the mainstream media, our human and democratic rights were being eroded and our institutions debased. Even our right to protest is now under threat. This is a call to action, an expression of frustration & anger at what our nation has become. It’s saying that enough is enough, it’s time to join forces and make our voices heard. It’s time to take to the streets.” Suman Joshi

The title track is an epic eleven minute musical representation of this frustration and anger, where the musicians really let loose and allow their voices to be heard. As the only instrumental track on the album it acts as a call to action that is central to this body of work. Featured vocalists on the album are Fela Kuti disciple and Wah Wah 45s artist Dele Sosimi, who appears on the singles Black Lives Matter, From London To Lagos and Who Invented Back & White? as well as a more recent recording, Follow The Money; and London based, Ghanaian born master percussionist and vocalist Afla Sackey, who takes lead vocals on the mournful yet somehow hopeful Beautiful City.

The rest of the group comprises of highly rated UK jazz vocalist Sahra Gure; saxophonist, composer, producer and bandleader of the renowned forward thinking jazz outfit Collocutor, Tamar Osborn; keyboard player, producer and front man for Lokkhi Terra and Cubafrobeat, Kishon Khan; one of the UK’s finest and most in demand trumpeters, Graeme Flowers, who has played with Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter and many more; trombonist for Bellowhead and mainstay of Dele’s Afrobeat Orchestra, Justin Thurgur; and finally drummer for Steamdown and Sons of Kemet, as well as the man behind the Nache project, Eddie Wakili Hick.

The album will be available digitally and limited edition vinyl LP, with striking artwork by our award winning designer Animisiewasz.

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released August 11, 2023

Dele Sosimi - lead vocals & backing vocals (all tracks except 3 & 5), Fender Rhodes (track 2)
Afla Sackey - lead vocals (track 3), backing vocals (all tracks except 5), djembe, congas, claves,
shekere, bell
Amarachi Celia Osuagwu - backing vocals (tracks 1 & 4)
Sahra Gure - backing vocals (tracks 2 & 6)
Lizzy Dosunmu - backing vocals (track 3)
Tamar Osborn - baritone sax, tenor sax (all tracks except 1 & 4)
Graeme Flowers - trumpet
Justin Thurgur - trombone
Eric Rohner - tenor sax (tracks 1 & 4)
Jessica Lauren - Farfisa (tracks 1 & 4)
Kishon Khan - Rhodes (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Fender Rhodes (track 6), Hammond Organ (tracks 1, 2
& 6), Korg synth (track 2)
Edward Wakili-Hick - drums
Suman Joshi - bass guitar, tenor guitar, rhythm guitar, Farfisa (track 6), Vox Continental (tracks
3 & 5), backing vocals (track 3)
All tracks written, arranged and produced by Suman Joshi
Mixed & mastered (digital master only) by Mauro Cazzialanza at Hi Street Studios
Lead vocals, Afla’s backing vocals and all percussion recorded by Matteo Musetti at 224 Studios

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The force behind Eparapo is bassist, composer & producer Suman Joshi. He has been a member of Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat Orchestra for nearly a decade and has performed on stage with the likes of Tony Allen, Seun Kuti, Ginger Baker & Laura Mvula. He is also bassist with UK jazz ensemble Collocutor and fusion project Cubafrobeat.

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