Nina Hagen Band - African Reggae

Sorry, Germany! I'm not a big fan of German language music, but Nina Hagen Band's "African Reggae" (1979) is a wonderful exception. I love the production, the dub arrangement, and not least her experimental singing both yodeling, toasting and trying out at a kind of aria in the same song, although I have absolutely no idea what she's singing about. It's a song so vibrant you can feel it deep in your gut, and it sounds completely crazy. It's also more than six minutes long which I find to be a real treat.

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