Afrobeat Goes On
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“Comencemos” by Phirpo Y Sus Caribes
“Woman Pin Down” by Dan Satch and his Atomic 8 Dance Band
It’s fitting Fela gets the deluxe treatment now considering his work experienced a revival of sorts in the last decade or so (and continues to). But Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti is much more than a project of “Fela covers”. In fact, besides a couple tracks, these covers and interpolations themselves are from rare Nigerian 45s and other international LPs.
The boxset includes 4 x 10-inches and the book it comes with—written and researched by Egon—is a great, quick primer on Fela and partly why the project’s so strong. Above are a couple snippets. The deluxe boxset comes out on Now-Again late next month.
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diggy dang, that ‘woman pin down’ track goes WAY hard, i’ll need to pick that comp up. and great work on the current wax poetics issue..great content and articles all around.
Comment by alex 01/19/2010 @ 07:30Amazing looking project! That Fela musical looks really nice too.
Comment by Kacey 01/26/2010 @ 02:11Oh man, can’t wait for this one to arrive at my house! This is MY SHIT right here. Was lucky enough to nab a copy of that Dan Satch 7″ from Paolo’s latest list.
2010 is gonna be a great year for reissues and records alike!
Comment by Adam 01/28/2010 @ 21:16