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This is a small fake anime screenshot of a story I am planning, he is a very old character of mine that I decided to take back. Hope you like the idea or that it peeks a little of your interest.

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Joe Moks Boys And Girls (1979)

Joe Moks’ (Josephine Ngozi Mokwunyei) one and only document was released  in her home of Nigeria in 1979 and that was it. “Boys And Girls” has appeared on only a couple of compilations from Zach Cowie and Daniel T. until Decca (West Africa) Limited’s imprint Afrodisia re-issued this in full in 2017, and may have caused critic site The Needle Drop and The Avalanches to take notice. Now, Afrodisia made this record a truly hidden treasure due to Boys And Girls’ release history and how good it sounds.

What makes the entire record is the title track. It’s the mix of authentic disco-funk elements made of sour squeltches, magic hands, cymbals, trumpets, and electric keys that may have Les McCann’s “Ruby Jubilation” (’77) d.n.a. to a degree. It holds so much weight on the rest of the record but guranteed the other six tracks come close together in terms of its feel and soul as possible. You could swear that "Love Is Gonna’ Pay” was heavily influenced by William Onyeabor’s “Better Change Your Mind” (’78) and you’d even think he’d might have porduced it (sadly, not the case). I couldn’t believe it and had this on loop to see how close the two were. Moks’ sings good on her morals as she shows her wise side on the reggae-flavored “Being In Love Is Being Involved”. Her assertiveness continues on “Just Like Me”, a romantically morose number leaning towards a love-letteresque theme. “Closer Than Skin” sounds as great as any popular disco standard track released in its time and so would “You Look Without Seeing”. And how nice to hear those simple keyboard sounds on “Insure My Love” which makes you think of its’ place in that year’s Nigerian-pop?

(via (40) Video Age - Lover Surreal - YouTube)