Gboyega Adelaja

“Hugh abandoned Ojah band in Accra, and we fended for ourselves by organizing local shows etc. After staying in Ghana for more than 8 months Hugh came back from the US and officially dissolved the band, he flew with me home to Nigeria to meet my parents and to hand me over. He met my parents at our home in Bariga and handed me over to them.”
“When I returned home, I worked with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) because I also studied TV Production, it was while working at NTA that my cousin, Mike Odumosu (Bass Player with BLO, Osibisa) visited Nigeria and I mooted the idea of recording an album to him. Before then I had played with Tee Mac at the Suru-Lere Night Club, I also did some session work and played in a group called Spirit Connection a group that always opened for Fela when he played outside the Shrine.”

“The compositions on Colourful Environment were inspired by my new life in Lagos after returning from the US where I had spent 6 years, Lagos looked different, FESTAC '77 was coming on and the environment looked Colourful indeed, so I was inspired so when Mike and I decided to record Colourful Environment, we recorded some tracks at EMI Studios Wharf Road Apapa, and we recorded the rest at Regents Park Studios in London, Gasper Lawal helped out with percussion on some of the
tracks and the late Jake Solo too on guitar.”