He grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and London, England. He began performing and writing music at the age of thirteen and, by his late teens, had begun skipping school to perform on the streets and in the subways of London. He released his first studio album, Blufunk Is A Fact, in 1992. Discover Where's Life, the official video from Keziah Jones. Keziah Jones - 'Captain Rugged' Click here to download the album.
Blufunk Is a Fact! was the first album of Keziah Jones, released in 1992. This album was formative for Keziah's own style, called Blufunk. The song 'Pleasure Is Kisses Within' is sampled by Mike Posner on his track 'Who Knows?' (feat Big Sean).
Blufunk Is a Fact! | |||
---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | |||
Released | March 23, 1992 | ||
Recorded | 145 Studio – 1991 | ||
Genre | Blufunk | ||
Length | 43:57 | ||
Label | Delabel | ||
Producer | Kevin Armstrong | ||
Keziah Jones chronology | |||
|
![Blufunk Blufunk](http://s2.dmcdn.net/mWFaA/x240-bK7.jpg)
Track listing[edit]
![Blufunk Blufunk](/uploads/1/2/6/3/126304819/846229945.jpg)
- 'The Wisdom Behind the Smile (Cash)' – 4:07
- 'Walkin' Naked Thru' a Bluebell Field' – 3:31
- 'Rhythm Is Love' – 4:18
- 'Runaway (Slavery Days Are Over)' – 3:02
- 'Where's Life?' – 4:50
- 'The Funderlying Undermentals' – 4:07
- 'Frinigro Interstellar' – 3:12
- 'Free Your Soul' – 4:05
- 'A Curious Kind of Subconscious' – 4:08
- 'The Waxing + the Waning' – 2:47
- 'The Invisible Ladder' – 2:53
- 'Pleasure Is Kisses Within' – 3:00
Singles[edit]
- Rhythm Is Love (1991)
- Where's Life? (1992)
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blufunk_Is_a_Fact&oldid=836637573'
He was born in 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a singer- songwriter and guitarist. He left Nigeria when he was a teenager for England, he now lives in the United States, having one foot in France and one foot in Nigeria.
He has invented a new style: Blufunk, which he reveals with his Blufunk Is A Fact! He then defines Blufunk as a mix of his influences, Fela, Prince, Jimmi Hendrix, Miles Davis …: this mix of funk and acoustic blues carried by the global success of the single Rhythm is love was born.
Then, he did a series of albums with African Space Craft and Liquid Sunshine before finally winning the favor of the public and the media with the publication of Black Orpheus.
More recently, he released the Nigerian Wood album, which he inaugurated with a series of surprise concerts in the Paris metro stations.
More recently, he released the Nigerian Wood album, which he inaugurated with a series of surprise concerts in the Paris metro stations.
Principium autem unde latius se funditabat, emersit ex negotio tali. Chilo ex vicario et coniux eius Maxima nomine, questi apud Olybrium ea tempestate urbi praefectum, vitamque suam venenis petitam adseverantes inpetrarunt ut hi, quos suspectati sunt, ilico rapti conpingerentur in vincula, organarius Sericus et Asbolius palaestrita et aruspex Campensis.