Antibalas

Antibalas: Hourglass (Random Coloured) [Vinyl LP]

Afrobeat från outer space. Plattan är stark, den är politisk, den är supersvängig. På klassiskt afrolbeat-vis är låtarna långa, i ständig förändring, alltid i rörelse. Det moderna Afrika har fått ett soundtrack.

Over the years, different members have traded production and composition duties from album to album. On the new album—“Fu Chronicles”—Amayo leads us through a thrilling sonic journey of kung fu meets Afrobeat, weaving together the strands of Edo and Yoruba cultural memory from Nigeria with his training and study in Chinese martial arts. Recorded in the Summer of 2018, over seventeen musicians and singers crammed into the storied Daptone House of Soul in Bushwick to record the massive body of work. With live versions and arrangements stretching up to thirty minutes, Perna, Amayo, and Roth worked tirelessly to preserve the hypnotic power of the long-form live arrangements into six concise and powerful album tracks.