The first William Onyeabor track I ever heard was Good Name. When the Going is Smooth and Good was a real crowdpleaser and quite challenging to make sound as good live as it was on the record. When we played his music live, I learned about how difficult it is to make something sound effortless and easy. He was working in an electronic world but imbuing it with a lot of charisma and life and playfulness: it never felt cold, it was exuberant. People from Luaka Bop were travelling to meet him to try and involve him in the live shows, but he wasn’t interested in looking back.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2017 13:39 UTC