{"id":16651,"date":"2014-01-29T02:25:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=16651"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:46:39","slug":"introducing-ibibio-sound-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/introducing-ibibio-sound-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing : Ibibio Sound Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a killer dance-floor track for your ultimate PARTAYYYY suggested by <a href=\"http:\/\/whyd.com\/u\/52cb48737e91c862b2b2070e\" target=\"_blank\">Thy San<\/a> ! We can assure you you\u2019ll be easily dragged into a few moves while you listen to \u201cLet\u2019s Dance (Yak Inek Unek) by <strong>Ibibio Sound Machine<\/strong>.\u00a0Hailing from London in the United Kingdom, Nigerian Front-woman and singer <em>Eno Williams<\/em> manages to boil up\u00a0a clash of African and electronic elements that transpires West-African funk & disco with a hint of modern post-punk & electro. It\u2019s amazing ! I\u2019m giggling already, sharing it all over the shop !<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Dance (Yak Inek Unek) by Ibibio Sound Machine\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F108463054&show_artwork=true&maxheight=960&maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Fact<\/strong> : they also made their live debut in Rennes at the Transmusicales, and apparently (I wasn\u2019t in attendance unfortunately) the band being \u201ca force of nature on stage\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOepbvEcd_c?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The full lineup of the band consists of Eno Williams (vocals), Alfred Bannerman (guitar), Anselmo Netto (percussion), Leon Brichard (bass\/synth), Benji Bouton (drums\/keyboards), Max Grunhard (alto sax), Tony Hayden (trombone\/synth), Scott Baylis (trumpet) & Ben Hadwen (baritone sax).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Out now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundwayrecords.com\/artist\/ibibio-sound-machine\" target=\"_blank\">via Soundway Records<\/a><\/p>\n[title subtitle=\u201dIn France\u201d]Tour Dates[\/title]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>04\/04\/14 Ibibio Sound Machine @ Le Bataclan \u2013 Paris, France (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.songkick.com\/festivals\/931314-le-bataclan-nuits-zebrees-of-radio-nova\/id\/19213579-le-bataclan-nuits-zbres-of-radio-nova-2014\" target=\"_blank\">tickets here<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">05\/04\/14 Ibibio Sound Machine @ Radiomeuh Festival La Clusaz, France<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">[title subtitle=\u201d\u201d]Photos[\/title]<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sodwee.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/introducing-ibibio-sound-machine\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:&quot;14097878&quot;}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 640px; 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