HERE LIES MAN - RITUAL DIVINATION Vinyl LP Box Set La Musique Électronique du Niger

La Musique Électronique du Niger was reissued in 2013 on limited vinyl

‘Tari Pemusnah Kuasa’

Western instruments can approximate the scales of Sudanese music very well

Black on Both Sides features an emphasis on live instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics

his resolutely personal vision captured on recordings from 1967 to the early '70s -- except that

HERE LIES MAN - RITUAL DIVINATION Vinyl LP Box Set La Musique Électronique du NigerFour albums in, the convenient and generalized catchphrase for Here Lies Mans erudite soundif Black Sabbath played Afrobeatmight seem a little played out. But Ritual Divination is perhaps the best rendering of the idea so far. Particularly on the Sabbath side of the equation: The guitars are heavier and more blues based than before, but the ancient rhythmic formula of the clave remains a constant. Musically its an opening up more to traditional rock