March 2014 – Nils Frahm and Who is William Onyeabor?




Barbican Contemporary Podcast show

Summary: Born out of the heat of Nigeria’s 1970s funk scene, William Onyeabor is the great synth pioneer who self-released eight nearly impossible-to-find albums between 1978 and 1985 in South-Eastern Nigeria, and then became a Born-Again Christian, refusing to ever speak about himself or his music again. More synths, but with piano this time, from Berlin-based pianist Nils Frahm.