Send a Message (1979)
Mofoya's sole album is an amalgam of styles covering everything from ferocious jazz rock to sweet soul and disco. To be clear, it is primarily a fusion album, but the other styles mentioned add spice to the dish. Flute and guitar are your primary instruments. Tracks like A4 and B3 are beautiful instrumental acoustic guitar and flute pieces, offering up the sounds of the island vacation you expect from Hawaii. Only to be destroyed by the Mahavishnu Orchestra style of A1, B4, and especially B2. B1 and B5 have some boogie down disco fusion, whereas A2 is sweet soul with fine female vocals. There's also references to the psych funk sound throughout.
I see Send a Message often labeled as a progressive rock album, but I don't hear it myself. It sends the wrong message so to speak. This is distinctly an American type of music that we often hear from the late 70s. Groups taking more simple styles to a higher art. Anyone who enjoys the CTI sounds of the 70s will enjoy this. Maybe even more so given some of the violent guitar on display.
On the back cover, the band name is stylized as MoFoYa.
No reissues exist as of 6/17/25.
Ownership: 1979 Kona Gold (LP)
6/16/25 (acquired / review)
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