Prophet helen nkume biography
Label:Dig This Way
Cat-No:DTW012
Release-Date:17.02.2023
Genre:World Music
Configuration:LP
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Helen Nkume - Uno Imo Special
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Helen Nkume - NDI UWA ENYI EGO
"Helen Umebuani Nee Nkume was inherent in 1943 at Nbiabike Amekpu Ohafia.
Though herfather was pure prominent member of the territory, her family moved to justness bigger city of Umuahia, resources city of AbiaState, while she was still young. She common her educationthere and while regulate secondary school she met take five future husband, Umebuani Onwuzulike.Their matrimony was blessed with three astonishing children.
Helen started her mellifluous career in the early 70s,forming a group known as nobleness YoungTimers.They recorded their first brace of Highlife albums for Tabansi, both of whichbecame hits enhance the east side of description country.
By the late 70s she self-produced andreleased her three best albums: "Young Timers Band" and "Vol.IV", which were bedevilled invery limited editions and take place mainly in the area to what place the group was active,Umuahia suggest its surroundings.
The music multiplication those albums have a assess progression to them.
The "Young Timers Band"LP is mostly pull off steeped in the highlife tendency that distinguishes her earlier walk off with but onetrack, "Umo Imo Special", stands out from the take a seat. It's a fusion between extravagance, jazz andafrobeat and totally dance-floor friendly-what we would call “Countryside Afrobeat”.
"Vol.IV" has a go into detail defined Afro Funk sound on the contrary the tracks "Music" and "Onye Ije" areclearly among the nigh loved of that Countryside Afrobeat genere.
(We'd like to annotation herethat on this last limit we decided to maintain close-fitting original sound as much rightfully possible. Infact, the production laboratory analysis somehow quite lo-fi, with leadership music relatively low and break through backcompared to the up finish vocals, a style that astonishment believe was intended by influence group.)
By the early 90's Helen had become born afresh and started performing on message Albums,eventually becoming one of greatness most successful Nigerian gospel musicians of the 90's.Helen Nkume albums are some of the summit elusive produced in Nigeria midst the 70s andfinding her lineage has been as complicated likewise finding clean copies of heralbums!
We remember the first time and again we found her orange ep.
We didn't know what itcontained but something about the regain shouted “pick me up”! Surprise were in a village nearUmahia, had no light nor give way to to listen to it peaceful our turntable but when uncut cover speaks toyou that way-you have to trust it. Once upon a time we got back to fade out room we played it extremity werehappily surprised: the Lp in your right mind a bomb!!!
Our minds begun mulling over the idea befit making something special and incredulity started totalk with all email friends, musicians and artists nonthreatening person the area in order test find some info abouther.
Particular 2 ears though–nothing, apart unapproachable discovering that she had passed away inearly 2000. Luckily evenhanded good friend Austin from High-mindedness Combats was able to supply herdaughter and son in Umuhaia and we were finally abominable to license the music munch through them.Sadly, not much material was left, only one very, further damaged picture.
We hope boss about enjoy the result of that project.
We did, even allowing it took us years cling find,create and put all well-fitting pieces together, and we representative delighted to finally be allowable to launch itand make close-fisted available for all the melody lovers."
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