With MASTER’S AT WORK’S LOUIE VEGA’S reworking of OSIBISA’S ‘Music for Gong Gong’ going ballistic in clubs in New York and Miami their influence continues to this day. The new millennium has seen a re-emergence of OSIBISA playing at prestigious UK festivals such as WOMAD and the CORNBURY and supporting SANTANA on tour in Austria. Recent highlights of OISIBISA’S endless touring schedule include performances in India, Japan, Morocco, Australia, and Europe. One of the important reasons for OSIBISA’S enduring success has been their highly energetic and extravagant stage shows. Indeed OSIBISA are now seen as the godfathers of World music. OSIBISA’S unique fusion of African, Caribbean, Rock, Jazz Latin and R&B paved the way for other potent music forces such as BOB MARLEY and the emergence of African music in the 80s. OSIBISA’S use of poly-rhythms and percussive breaks were to be an integral feature of the deep house scene in the 90s with remixes by the famed DJ DAVID GUETTA. The bands percussive influence soon began to manifest itself within the music of their contemporaries. Translated from Ghanaian OSIBISA means ‘ criss-cross rhythms that explode with happiness’. Their first albums were as distinctive for their famous ‘flying elephant’ fantasy artwork covers by the great Roger Dean as they were for their exciting music. Entdecke OSIBISA-Super Fly TNT Original Motion Picture Soundtrack-Viny. OSIBISA exploded onto the music world in 1971 with a pulsating and vibrant sound that was to engulf the post 60s rock scene. FIRST FILM SCORE: Superfly TNT(Buddah, June 1973) FIRST TOP TENALBUM: Osibisa (MCA, April, 1971) FIRST TOP TEN SINGLE: Wango Wango(MCA, Sept 1972) TOP.
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