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v/a- EDO FUNK EXPLOSION Vol.1: Nigeria 1980-1985 2LP New Zealand He was right there withIncludes d l code. Double LP includes 20 pg full colour booklet. Gatefold sleeve. It was in Benin City, in the heart of Nigeria, that a new hybrid of intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk was born. It first emerged in the late 1970s when a group of musicians began to experiment with different ways of integrating elements from their native Edo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming from West Africa's night clubs. Unlike the