A MAGICAL, MUSICAL MAN OF MYSTERY IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DESCRIBE HIM. SIMPLY BECAUSE BEYOND HIS MUSIC AND SOME RANDOM FOLKLORE, THERE ISN'T MUCH TO KNOW ABOUT NIGERIAN SYNTH-FUNK ARTIST WILLIAM ONYEABOR (ALSO BECAUSE WE LIKE ALLITERATION). WE CHECKED OUT "FANTASTIC MAN", THE NEW DOC ABOUT ONYEABOR AT CINEFAMILY, FOLLOWED BY A SHOW THE NEXT NIGHT FEATURING AN ALLSTAR LINEUP OF DAVID BYRNE, ALEXIS TAYLOR (HOT CHIP), PAT MAHONEY (LCD SOUNDSYSTEM), AND THE LEGENDARY SYNTH MASTER MONEY MARK, PERFORMING HIS SONGS AT THE GREEK THEATER. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE OBSESSED. YOU MUST FIND OUT MORE. AND SO MUST WE! | |