{"product_id":"gasper-lawal-ajomase","title":"Gasper Lawal - Ajomasé","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl (2025 Strut Reissue).\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition features audio remastered from original tapes by Whitfield Street Studios and The Carvery and liner notes by Gasper himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAjomasé is the groundbreaking debut album by legendary Nigerian percussionist Gasper Lawal.\u003cbr\u003eOriginally released in 1980 on his own label CAP, Strut are proud to now bring this unique album back to the racks.\u003cbr\u003eLawal’s style was forged through decades of high-level percussion work with the likes of Stephen Stills, Barbra Streisand, George Clinton \u0026amp; Funkadelic, Manfred Mann, Alexis Korner, Vangelis and Ginger Baker’s Air Force band.\u003cbr\u003eDissatisfied with existing genre labels and production norms, Lawal began recording his own album in 1976 at Vangelis’ own studio in London’s Marble Arch before switching to long, drawn-out night shifts at Surrey Sound Studios, using downtime between The Police’s sessions for Outlandos D’Amour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawal meticulously self-produced, composed, and overdubbed the album over four years, assembling an elite group of musicians from both Nigeria and the UK.\u003cbr\u003eThe instruments used were often hand-built, including a powerful one-of-a-kind drum carved deep in the Nigerian bush.\u003cbr\u003e“This music is not about trends, about what is commercial or a “sound” of a particular moment,” explains Lawal, “it is about music to be felt, that gives pleasure.\u003cbr\u003eIt is nurturing and meditative.\" Although record executives didn’t know how to categorise Ajomasé, the people responded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegendary DJs like John Peel and Janice Long gave it UK radio play – a rarity for African records at the time.\u003cbr\u003eDemand skyrocketed and, with Rough Trade stepping in to distribute the vinyl, the album found an international audience.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1982, Peter Gabriel personally invited Gasper to perform at the first WOMAD Festival, leading to a new era of live performances and global recognition.\u003cbr\u003eYet despite its impact, Ajomasé has never been reissued – until now.\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition brings a spiritually resonant, rhythmically rich and genre-defying work to a new generation of listeners.\u003cbr\u003efeaturing liner notes by Gasper himself and audio remastered from original tapes by Whitfield Street Studios and The Carvery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STRUT RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Standard Edition Black Vinyl 2025 ReIssue","offer_id":53206113583431,"sku":"TRI-66635","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/92db0a4d3b63a11e6263e9d7411d556c.jpg?v=1769367707","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/gasper-lawal-ajomase","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}