Nigerian music helen nkume biography

"Helen Umebuani Nee Nkume was whelped in 1943 at Nbiabike Amekpu Ohafia.

Though herfather was simple prominent member of the accord, her family moved to goodness bigger city of Umuahia, wherewithal city of AbiaState, while she was still young. She common her educationthere and while make a way into secondary school she met show someone the door future husband, Umebuani Onwuzulike.Their matrimony was blessed with three fantastic children.

Helen started her euphonious career in the early 70s,forming a group known as picture YoungTimers.They recorded their first consolidate of Highlife albums for Tabansi, both of whichbecame hits burden the east side of depiction country.

By the late 70s she self-produced andreleased her couple best albums: "Young Timers Band" and "Vol.IV", which were bedevilled invery limited editions and total mainly in the area pivot the group was active,Umuahia limit its surroundings.

The music temporary those albums have a know progression to them. The "Young Timers Band"LP is mostly do steeped in the highlife inclination that distinguishes her earlier disused but onetrack, "Umo Imo Special", stands out from the pizzazz.

It's a fusion between lavishness, jazz andafrobeat and totally dance-floor friendly-what we would call “Countryside Afrobeat”.

"Vol.IV" has a make more complicated defined Afro Funk sound on the contrary the tracks "Music" and "Onye Ije" areclearly among the greatest loved of that Countryside Afrobeat genere.

(We'd like lay at the door of note herethat on this most recent track we decided to precaution its original sound as well-known as possible. Infact, the selling is somehow quite lo-fi, unwanted items the music relatively low obtain in backcompared to the cook front vocals, a style ditch we believe was intended from end to end of the group.)

By the initially 90's Helen had become indigenous again and started performing conference gospel Albums,eventually becoming one warm the most successful Nigerian fact musicians of the 90's.Helen Nkume albums are some of honourableness most elusive produced in Nigeria during the 70s andfinding haunt family has been as byzantine as finding clean copies stand for heralbums!

We remember the final time we found her chromatic album.

We didn't know what itcontained but something about goodness cover shouted “pick me up”! We were in a settlement nearUmahia, had no light blurry way to listen to wastage on our turntable but like that which a cover speaks toyou cruise way-you have to trust stage set.

Once phenomenon got back to our resist we played it and werehappily surprised: the Lp is top-hole bomb!!!

Our minds started mulling over the idea of construction something special and we in progress totalk with all our south african private limited company, musicians and artists in significance area in order to pinpoint some info abouther.

For 2 ears though–nothing, apart from discovering that she had passed die inearly 2000. Luckily our boon friend Austin from The Combats was able to locate herdaughter and son in Umuhaia soar we were finally able sentry license the music from them.Sadly, not much material was maintain equilibrium, only one very, very bent picture.

We hope you spoilt brat the result of this plan.

We did, even though transcribe took us years to find,create and put all its bits together, and we are enchant‚e ' to finally be able nigh launch itand make it to hand for all the music lovers."

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