Inemo & The Afrobeat Experience

Inemo Samiama is a Nigerian who describes himself as representing a new generation of African musicians. From his earliest years Inemo was shaped and influenced by music. His father, a guitarist, taught him to play. At the age of 18 he formed a professional group with a friend, the well known Nigerian musician Majek Fashek. The group was called Jah Stix.



Inemo travelled to Paris in the early eighties, where he played with artists like Rido Bayone, Ray Lema and Tony Allen (former drummer of Fela Kuti). Inemo was then signed by Mercury/Universal for his debut album Bushman (distributed by Polygram) which mixed African melodies with techno, hip-hop, jungle, dub and ambient sounds. Mercury/Universal also released his second album Mr Bushman Are You Remixed which included remixes of the first album and some new tracks (again distributed by Polygram).



Following the huge success of both albums on the continent, Inemo was nominated for an RFI (Radio France Industry) Music Award as Best World Music Artist.



Inemo has now decided to return to his roots. After three years of composing, recording and travelling between London, Paris and Africa, Inemo is back with a new album, Afro Funky Beats. The music is mostly Afrobeat but the album also features some other West African rhythms like hi-life, hence its title.



With this album, Inemo demonstrates that his music can reinvent and enrich itself with new sounds, just like Fela Kuti, Salif Keita and Angelique Kidjo have done before him.



"Afro Funky Beats" is released on 28th May 2006 on Black Mango Music.



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