Review: With its hefty price tag you would expect this mammoth retrospective collection to have enough weight behind it to warrant the investment. You'd be right. Not only is Niagara an example of a band that hangs on the edge of being lost in the ether of leftfield musical history, this package combines all three of the group's now extremely rare but immediately infectious and addictive records, making this an act of discovery for some, and urgently needed preservation for others.
Crate diggers will understand the outfit's significance, and also how uncommon it is to hear the name Niagara in parlance. Another one of those criminally overlooked, near forgotten benchmark-setting projects, think 1970s progressive rock mixed with jazz, and dominated by Afro-beat, creating an otherworldly, hypnotic voyage into exotic and sexy soundscapes.
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