Oyedele evokes Nostalgia in Irawo | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Irawo, the latest offering from Afro-fusion maestro Oyedele, is a quintessential piece of art, ripe with potential and thriving in its niche. Produced by Tosin Amire, the 6-tracker record flashes with a heartfelt storytelling detailing human experiences, from love, to survival, and life itself. From the opening track, Tales by Moonlight, to the closing track Faramo, the EP feels like a journey through the eyes of the observant Oyedele.

Tapping other soul-focused mavericks such as Tilewa, Eniola Adewale, Joel Prodigee, and Kido, the EP rings through as a rich buffet of musicality, brimming with delicate chops of Afrobeat in Da’gboru, slices of deep soul and Jazz in Toyin Tomato and Felt, and Tales by Moonlight, while having standout recipes for Jazz-hop fusions in Faramo and a melancholic lullaby-esque spoken word in Father Father, Reprise.

While the sonic composition of Irawo soars with a mesh of novelty and nostalgia, the harmonisation pairs perfectly on both sides giving it some much needed boost for replay value. Featuring an impressive lineup of features including the Deltan chanteuse Kido whose voice on Felt feels like the 2000s queen of soul Ego Iheanacho of Lagbaja’s Never Far Away, the record is rife with musical quality, and is a solid penetration into the libraries of alternative music across Africa.

“Irawo in Yoruba means star; the bedrock of creation. And on this record I reached for sounds deep into the 1970s to reimagine. The music is playful yet grounded,” Oyedele tells Weekend Beats. Irawo is Oyedele’s musical advancement into the depths of Afro-fusion, as the Ekiti-native blends Yoruba, Pidgin, and even snippets of Igbo language, to create a cathartic sonic capsule that serves as a mood-lifter, preaching love and pontificating about life.

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