Paul Ngozi – Lightning & Thunder LP For Sale

A late period hard-rock, proto-punk entry in Zambian guitarist and bandleader Paul Ngozi s extensive catalog. LP includes oversized eight-page booklet detailing Ngozi s arc, rare photographs, discography and annotations. Zamrock was a bona-fide rock scene: on the African continent, only Nigeria can claim one so comprehensive, and Nigeria s was largely catalyzed and funded by subsidiaries of the European major labels. Zamrock was as independent as the newly-named country, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia. Zamrock is starting in its completeness, especially for a scene that emerged, unfurled and disappeared so quickly. From Musi-O-Tunya s fusion of Fela s Afro-beat, Hendrix s rock, South African jazz and traditional Zambian melodies and rhythms to Salty Dog s acid folk rock, Zambia s rock scene contained all of rock s subgenres. Zamrock was much more than an imitation of American and European rock music: it quickly became a uniquely Zambian movement, befitting of its name. WITCH, Paul Ngozi, and Amanaz sound nothing like other rock music from the African continent — or elsewhere. Zamrock came from a nation s youth carrying forth the momentum of a political and social revolution with a musical revolution that maintained the fiery power of early rock — in the mid-to late- 70s. From that era, Zamrock s energy is matched only by the punk and hip-hop scenes of England and America