We haven’t yet invented a time machine that can physically take us to the past, but great music can definitely do so on a mental level. Insert Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump in your CD player (or download it — legally please) and 1970s West Africa is where you’ll find yourself.

The compilation is a musical celebration of the vibrant sounds that were produced in post-independence Nigeria and is sure to induce some head-nodding and hip-moving though afro-funk and highlife memory lane. The Nigeria 70 series began in 2001 and the O-eight version goes deeper in the Lagos underground than ever before with music from the likes of Bola Johnson, Sir Shina Peters and Peter King just to name a few. It drops tomorrow on Strut records and comes with sleeve notes written by former Fela Kuti bandmate, John Collins, who breaks down the genre’s history.

Listen a bit here.