Comb & Razor Sound

14th February 2011

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Comb & Razor Sound

I told myself I wasn’t going to make another post about another West African comp. But this one is just too dope. The Comb & Razor blog is probably one of the best on the interwebs for information, music videos, and just general entertainment / knowledge about Nigerian disco / funk / R&B from the 70s and 80s. Updates are infrequent, but where else can you find dope Harry Mosco videos from 1980s Nigerian TV? If you know where, please let me know. Anyhow, the curator of the blog, Uchenna, is an American-born Nigerian. He spent most of the 80s living in Nigeria, and has been back and forth between Naija and Boston for most of his adult life. He was a huge disco fan growing up in Nigeria in the 80s and brings a first-hand point of view to his new comp, Brand New Wayo, that I think many of his competitors’ products lack. Obviously, the music speaks for itself — a good compilation of songs is just that — but it is nice to hear that someone that lived this stuff in its heyday is putting forth the effort to bring his favorite rare releases to light. This is not a dis to all the European and American diggers working hard and honestly to compile and license forgotten tracks from long-forgotten artists — without the Soundways and Struts of the world, who knows if Comb & Razor ever would have released this. But it is nice to see a comp of Nigerian disco compiled, licensed and release by someone that lived it.