Memory Device: Vinyl LP Baba Ali a hurdle she’d been avoiding

a hurdle she’d been avoiding for some time

as pointed and as poignant as anything he’s ever recorded

but still feels exceptional

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Memory Device: Vinyl LP Baba Ali a hurdle she’d been avoidingThough most debuts are the culmination of a lifetime of influences and experiences, few artists succeed in mapping their musical journey quite as vividly as Baba Ali has on Memory Device. Tracing his Nigerian heritage, an adolescence absorbing No Wave and the hip hop on NYCs Hot 97, time immersed in the techno scene in Berlin, and the experimental punk spirit of his current base in London, Memory Device is an enthralling introduction to a musician who