#afrobeat

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[ongawdclub]

T e m s

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EPIC ALBUM COVER #120

Talking Heads - Remain in Light

Released: 1980 (Sire)

New wave, post-punk

[dawaapop]

LIVE LIFE

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REMA | Black Tie Attire

[didierleclair]

FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, AFRO-BEAT!

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[blackbrownfamily]

MADAGASCAR PEOPLE

[ozkar-krapo]

FẸLA [ANIKULAPO-KUTI] & The AFRICA 70

"Coffin for Head of State"

(LP. Kalakuta rcds. ? / rec. 1980) [NG]

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Born Under Punches • Crosseyed And Painless • The Great Curve • Once In A Lifetime • Houses In Motion • Seen And Not Seen • Listening Wind • The Overload

Spotify ♪ YouTube

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basa basa soundz ft. fela kuti -- dr. solutso

[ongawdclub]

F e l a K u t i

[cinnamoncee]

1975

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ayra starr looks stunning in her promo for “All The Love”, which is out now!

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La BOA (Bogotá Orquesta Afrobeat) Meets Tony Allen (through the magic of Comet Records' archive of Tony Allen drum tracks)

Few sounds transcend time and space quite like the driving pulse of Afrobeat, and few artists, for that matter, have defined their own domains quite as profoundly as Tony Allen—the very beat of Afrobeat itself. In 2011, Allen recorded one of his inimitable rhythmic dialogues as part of the Afrobeat Makers Series for the Parisian imprint Comet Records. Charged with the same fervour for uninhibited expression that defined his trailblazing career, Tony Allen’s drumming, free from convention and charting its own course, emanates a cadenced stream of consciousness that speaks its own truth. If Allen’s language was his beat, then on this record, La BOA—La Bogotá Orquesta Afrobeat—becomes his latest and most fitting interlocutor. What began as a tribute—a song named after Allen—now feels like the prelude to a deeper dialogue in a meeting that seems more like fate than mere happenstance. Led by producer Daniel Michel, the ever-evolving band has spent over ten years embodying the fluid, transformative spirit of Afrobeat, imprinting it with their distinctly Colombian sensibilities. From Casa Mambo in Bogotá, Michel’s Mambo Negro Records has become a cornerstone of Colombia’s underground scene championing Afro-Colombian and independent music throughout that time. Across this LP, Allen’s recordings lay down the canvas upon which La BOA paints its own vision of Afrobeat—raw and expansive, locking step with his drum tracks while building around the unmistakable blueprint of their Colombian rhythms: exuding Caribbean beat, rolling with Pacific groove, and, above all, shaped by the rarefied air of the Andean melting pot that is Bogotá. What ensues is an enduring conversation that crosses eras, borders, even life and death—a celebration of the passing of the baton and the boundless nature of Afrobeat as a genre that refuses to settle. Where the beat of Lagos meets the brass of Bogotá, so too La BOA meets Tony Allen.

[bellarina9]

i really want to be in movies 🥹