Seven Degrees North

Personnel: King Sunny Ade (vocals, guitar, percussion); Femi Owomoyela, Shina Omoroga, Bola Abimbola, Bunmi Sanya, Kemi Akanni (vocals); John Akpan, Segun Ajayi, Akin Ajayi (guitar); Biodun Fatoke (steel guitar); Yomi Omidiran (keyboards, percussion, bells); Jonas Williams (keyboards); Alli Mohammad (drums); Lasisi Nojeem, Alukase, Tafa Lawal (talking drum, sakara); Shina Omoroga (congas); Bola Abimbola (shekere); Michael Babatunde (maracas).
Recorded at Blue Jay Recording, Carlisle, Massachusetts. Includes liner notes by King Sunny Ade.
Personnel: King Sunny Ade (vocals, guitar, percussion); Shina Omoroga (vocals, congas); Bola Abimbola (vocals, shekere); Kemi Akanni, Femi Owomoyela (vocals); Biodun Fatoke (steel guitar); Jonah Williams (keyboards); Remi Abegunde, Wesley Wirth, Jelili Lawal (bass guitar); Alukase (talking drum).
Recording information: Blue Jay Recording Studio, Carlisle, MA.
Photographer: Bob Lyons.
King Sunny Ade is almost single-handedly responsible for the popularity of Nigerian Juju music. His earliest recordings featured a raw, stripped-back sound and made him a Nigerian national icon, but as Ade's fame spread, he began to experiment with larger ensembles and Western song structures. SEVEN DEGREES NORTH is one of Ade's more eclectic efforts and finds the artist recording a series of original, traditional, and even Latin-influenced numbers with the aid of a massive 23-piece ensemble.