Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes
Uganda (Dawn of African Rock)
Moonshine-proof levels of Burundi drumming and psych shred from 1972 Japan, steeped in Ugandan tradition and prime to take head tops clean off.
An extraordinary side laced with unexpected swerves, ‘Uganda (Dawn of African Rock)’ sets Akira Ishikawa’s and Larry Sunaga’s swingeing drumming to sky-licking electric guitar fire, cascading into effected wormholes and ricocheting hard right into heads-down percussive onslaughts and blown out distortion. Nutty and with baga swag, it’s highly likely to slug knock out punches on Afro and psych heads from all corners.
“The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes. For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Akira Ishikawa takes us on a deep tripped-out journey. 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' is a fusion of progressive and psych rock with African percussion workouts, dergy-wah wah blues-funk, and jazzy sensibilities; with different genres morphing and uniting as they progress.
A long way from his funk and afrobeat album 'Back To Rhythm’, re-issued on Mr Bongo in 2019, this record has a darker, deeper, abstract and experimental stoned tone with the listener being pulled into its vortex for the ride. This record doesn’t pull any punches.
For this album, Akira is joined by Hideaki Chihara on bass, guitarist Kimio Mizutani, sounding at times like an early 70s Peter Green, percussionist Larry Sunaga and composer Takeru Muraoka.
The album has become highly sought-after amongst psych, prog and acid rock collectors and due to the rare nature of original copies they come at a hefty price tag.”
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Vinyl LP housed in a deluxe, replica box!
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Moonshine-proof levels of Burundi drumming and psych shred from 1972 Japan, steeped in Ugandan tradition and prime to take head tops clean off.
An extraordinary side laced with unexpected swerves, ‘Uganda (Dawn of African Rock)’ sets Akira Ishikawa’s and Larry Sunaga’s swingeing drumming to sky-licking electric guitar fire, cascading into effected wormholes and ricocheting hard right into heads-down percussive onslaughts and blown out distortion. Nutty and with baga swag, it’s highly likely to slug knock out punches on Afro and psych heads from all corners.
“The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes. For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Akira Ishikawa takes us on a deep tripped-out journey. 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' is a fusion of progressive and psych rock with African percussion workouts, dergy-wah wah blues-funk, and jazzy sensibilities; with different genres morphing and uniting as they progress.
A long way from his funk and afrobeat album 'Back To Rhythm’, re-issued on Mr Bongo in 2019, this record has a darker, deeper, abstract and experimental stoned tone with the listener being pulled into its vortex for the ride. This record doesn’t pull any punches.
For this album, Akira is joined by Hideaki Chihara on bass, guitarist Kimio Mizutani, sounding at times like an early 70s Peter Green, percussionist Larry Sunaga and composer Takeru Muraoka.
The album has become highly sought-after amongst psych, prog and acid rock collectors and due to the rare nature of original copies they come at a hefty price tag.”
Available To Order (Estimated Shipping between 7-14 Working Days)
This item is to the best of our knowledge available to us from the supplier and should ship to you within the time-frame indicated. If there are any unforeseen issues with availability we will notify you immediately
Moonshine-proof levels of Burundi drumming and psych shred from 1972 Japan, steeped in Ugandan tradition and prime to take head tops clean off.
An extraordinary side laced with unexpected swerves, ‘Uganda (Dawn of African Rock)’ sets Akira Ishikawa’s and Larry Sunaga’s swingeing drumming to sky-licking electric guitar fire, cascading into effected wormholes and ricocheting hard right into heads-down percussive onslaughts and blown out distortion. Nutty and with baga swag, it’s highly likely to slug knock out punches on Afro and psych heads from all corners.
“The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes. For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Akira Ishikawa takes us on a deep tripped-out journey. 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' is a fusion of progressive and psych rock with African percussion workouts, dergy-wah wah blues-funk, and jazzy sensibilities; with different genres morphing and uniting as they progress.
A long way from his funk and afrobeat album 'Back To Rhythm’, re-issued on Mr Bongo in 2019, this record has a darker, deeper, abstract and experimental stoned tone with the listener being pulled into its vortex for the ride. This record doesn’t pull any punches.
For this album, Akira is joined by Hideaki Chihara on bass, guitarist Kimio Mizutani, sounding at times like an early 70s Peter Green, percussionist Larry Sunaga and composer Takeru Muraoka.
The album has become highly sought-after amongst psych, prog and acid rock collectors and due to the rare nature of original copies they come at a hefty price tag.”