refimprove date September 2008 Infobox Music genre name Afrobeat bgcolor deepskyblue color white stylistic ... regional scenes Nigeria other topics Afrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music , jazz ... Grass first1 Randall F. last2 first2 year title Fela Anikulapo Kuti The Art of an Afrobeat Rebel ... in his native Nigeria. It was Kuti who coined the term afrobeat upon his return from a U.S. tour with his group Nigeria 70 formerly Koola Lobitos . Afrobeat features chant s, call and response vocals ... 70 . The band maintained a five year residency in the Afro Shrine from 1970 to 1975 while afrobeat thrived among Nigerian youth. Afrobeat is now one of the most recognizable music genres in the world ... and polyrhythm s. Origins Afrobeat originated from the southern part of Nigeria in the 1960s where ... and improvising upon them. Politics are essential to afrobeat, since founder Kuti used social ... era afrobeat and energetic performances Lead vocals may play sax key solos as well Chorus vocals may ... drum . Sticks claves plays ostinato Shekere Influence Many jazz musicians have been attracted to afrobeat ... introducing the genre to new generations of listeners and fans of afropop and groove . Afrobeat has ... Remain In Light which brought polyrhythmic afrobeat influences to Western music. More recently, the horn ... Dear Science , as well as on British band Foals 2008 album, Antidotes . Some Afrobeat influence can also be found in the music of Vampire Weekend and Paul Simon . Afrobeat musicians Fela Kuti ref ... active afrobeat bands worldwide today. Afrobeat today is often mixed with other genres, such as hip ... images 1aawmoikelomepaper.pdf title Stylistic analysis of afrobeat music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti publisher analysisworldmusic.com accessdate 1 August 2010 ref Modern afrobeat bands artists ... York City Afrobeat group Nomo , Ann Arbor based group that weaves various styles into a primarily Afrobeat sound Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra , 10 piece cosmic Afrobeat collective based in Leeds, UK Afrodizz ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Antibalas Img Antibalas afrobeat orchestra.jpg Img capt At the Granada Theater in Dallas, TX on May 19, 2005. Img size Landscape Background group or band Alias Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Origin United States Genre Afrobeat , Funk , Jazz Years active 1998 present Label Ninja Tune , Anti , Ropeadope , Exactamundo , Daptone Associated acts Ocote Soul Sounds , Chico Mann , Fu Arkist Ra , Ticklah , Superhuman Happiness URL http www.antibalas.com www.antibalas.com Current members Mart n Perna , Amayo , Victor Axelrod , Marcos Garc a , Jordan McLean , Stuart Bogie , Chris Vatalaro , Nikhil Yerawadekar , Miles Arntzen , Marcus Farrar , Eric ... Luiggi , Dave Hahn Antibalas Spanish for bulletproof is a Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modeled ... their music uses afrobeat musical architecture and language, it incorporates elements of jazz ... their first album Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1 and had toured twice in England, all the while continuing ... Drums Discography Albums Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1 2000, Afrosound, reissued by Ninja Tune in 2001 ... Interscope Compilations featured Afrobeat . . . NO GO DIE 2000, Shanachie Records Africafunk Vol. 2 2000, Harmless Records Ouelele 2002 & 2006, Comet Records Red Hot & Riot 2002, MCA Afrobeat 2002 ..., Bbe Records Afrobeat Sessions 2004, Sessions Genocide in Sudan 2004, Reincarnate ASAP Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project 2004, Modiba Productions Essential Afrobeat 2005, UMVD Import Impeach the Precedent ... the return of the Hi Hat 2001, Ocho Records Daptone Gold 2009, Daptone Records See also Afrobeat ... AntibalasAfrobeatOrchestra Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra collection at the Internet Archive s live music ... Music is Bulletproof Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra stirs some political hotsauce into their musical ... groups Category Funk musical groups es Orquesta Afrobeat Antibalas fr Antibalas pt Antibalas sv Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra ... more details
Instrument Voice type Genre Afrobeat br Afrofunk Years active 2001 Present Label Afrokings, Freestyle ... br Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble br Gina Ferrera & The Philadelphia Gyil Fusion Project br Chico Mann br ... Kal Guitar Past members Notable instruments Kokolo , also known as the Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra , is an American Afrobeat band from the Lower East Side of New York City , formed in 2001 by songwriter ... 209 Radio, UK ref . Along with The Daktaris and Antibalas , they form part of the early New York Afrobeat ... wmn news item afrobeat revival title Rough Guide To Afrobeat Revival publisher World ... and who would go on to release the Daktaris album, which spearheaded the Afrobeat revival ... Negra . Initially a traditional Afrobeat ensemble, the group consisted of 14 members from various ... the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble ref name Rough Guide . Finding themselves stuck with an upcoming tour ... esque prototypes, purists found the group s radical take on Afrobeat not to their liking. Although initially ... Kokolo, Referencia Mundial Del Afrobeat cite web url http www.eldiariomontanes.es 20090804 cultura musica kokolo referencia mundial afrobeat 20090804.html title Kokolo, Referencia Mundial Del Afrobeat ... the world and featured Jamaican dancehall artist Joe Daddz on lead vocals ref name Kokolo Afrobeat ... title Kokolo Afrobeat Al Rama Beach publisher Caserta News, Italy ref ref name Au Beat De L Evolution ... live Afrobeat music to countries such as Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia , Bulgaria and Romania , among ... the implicit connection that exists between Nigerian Afrobeat and American Funk and explore .... Style and influences Originally formed as a traditional Afrobeat ensemble, Kokolo quickly developed ... informed by punk, rock and reggae, and contrary to many contemporary Afrobeat groups reliance ... to engage and energize audiences at live shows ref name Afrobeat Latino Con Actitud Punk Made In NY cite web url http www.tribunalatina.com es notices afrobeat latino con actitud punk made in ny 13108.php ... more details
voice to have come from the Nigerian highlife and afrobeat traditions. ref cite book title West Africa ... Timbuktu Media accessdate 2009 11 04 ref Peter King combined afrobeat with a funk style similar to James ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Shango is an album by Nigerian afrobeat tenor saxophonist Peter King afrobeat Peter King . Track listing Shango 5 39 Prisoner of Law 5 40 Mr Lonely Wolf 6 55 Freedom Dance 4 10 Go Go s Feast 7 47 Mystery Tour 6 19 Now I m A Man 3 39 Watusi 4 39 2000s album stub Category 2009 albums ... more details
and training of new musicians. Based on Afrobeat , Dele s music is a blend of complex funk ... to select the tracks for the 3 CD compilation Essential Afrobeat Universal, 2004 . He was producer and co writer of Calabash Volume 1 Afrobeat Poems by Ikwunga, ref Ikwunga website http www.rebisihut.com home.html ref the Afrobeat Poet 2004 . He is a central member of the Wahala Project. ref ... on The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project 2006 . His album Identity ref http www.ejazznews.com modules.php?op ... magazine as A sizzling set from London s Afrobeat leader . His performances include The Montreux ... Afrobeat Summit Calgary, Canada , Sensommer Int Musikkfestival Oslo, Norway , Festival Musicas Do ... fela tribute dele sosimi hotclub afrobeat orchestra babaliah.html ref In November 2010, Dele Sosimi was appointed Afrobeat music consultant for the London production of Fela at the Royal National ... and instructor in Afrobeat via his Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Foundation, and as a Visiting Lecturer ... as compelling and funky as the others a 15 piece Afrobeat Orchestra featuring a 5 piece horn section ... percussion . Sosimi is abetted by a group of musicians. Afrobeat is given a virtuoso treatment ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Notability date February 2008 Refimprove date February 2008 The Superpowers are a Boston based afrobeat band. They were formed in 2005 under the name The Boston Afrobeat Society , initially as a Fela Kuti cover band. They describe themselves as an 11 member, 21st century dance band. ref http www.myspace.com thesuperpowers MySpace.com THE SUPERPOWERS Boston, New York Afro beat Trance www.myspace.com thesuperpowers Bot generated title ref . The band won a Boston Music Award in 2006 for Most Outstanding World Music Act and were voted the Best World Act 2007 by the Boston Phoenix . References references DEFAULTSORT Superpowers, The Category American world music groups ... more details
Africa 70 can refer to The Africa 70 occasionally referred to as Afrika 70 , a band associated with afrobeat musician Fela Kuti . Formerly known as Nigeria 70 and Koola Lobitos before that. Africa 70 NGO , Italian organization disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
The Umoja Orchestra is a Gainesville, Florida Gainesville, FL based band whose music incorporates elements from afrobeat , jazz , funk , afro cuban as well as traditional African and South American styles. The band s instrumentation is modeled closely to bands such as Fela Kuti s Africa 70 and the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra . Umoja Orchestra is a strong presence in the Gainesville music scene and ever growing. It is especially known for its energetic, crowd pleasing, and dance oriented live performances, usually selling out local venues and putting on spectacular shows. The name Umoja comes from the Swahili word for unity . Members Sebasti n L pez Vel squez Guitar, Vocals, Charango Natalia P rez Vocals, Percussion Michael Pedron Bass Michael Claytor Banjo , Percussion David Borenstein Saxophone, Clarinet Irving Campbell Saxophone Jason Prover Trumpet Evan Hegarty Keyboard Keegan Jerabek Trumpet Evan Garfield Drumset Doug Fischer Trombone Micah Shalom Trombone David Choo Saxophone Adam Finkelman Percussion Scott Bihorel Congas Scott Clayton Guitar Paul Kronk Guitar Discography Dinner at the Republic 2009 Abre la Puerta 2008 Umoja Means Unity 2007 See also Afrobeat Fela Kuti Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra World Music descarga External links http www.myspace.com umojaorchestra Umoja Orchestra On Myspace http www.umojaorchestra.com Official Website DEFAULTSORT Umoja Orchestra Category American funk musical groups Category American jazz ensembles Category 2000s music groups Category American world music groups ... more details
YAL can mean YAL programming language yet another language , a computer programming language Young Australia League The IATA code for Alert Bay Airport Young Americans for Liberty Boeing YAL 1 YAL musical band Yoga & Laundry previously under the name Second Coming , an American South Asian band that combine the mixed genres of roots rock , acoustic folk , trip hop , and afrobeat . disambig eo YAL it YAL ... more details
Mr. Something Something is a Toronto based Afrobeat collective with activist leanings formed in 2003 by childhood friends Larry Graves drums percussion and John MacLean tenor sax . All music is written by Graves, MacLean and lead singer Johan Hultqvist. The band s second album The Edge was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the World Music category. The 2007 release Deep Sleep was a collaboration with spoken word artist Ikwunga The Afrobeat Poet, the son of a famous Nigerian writer and tribal chief. Deep Sleep was the most played world music album on Canadian college radio in 2007. The band consists of five permanent members, and a number of loosely affiliated musicians, including such notable jazz musicians as Kevin Turcotte, Richard Underhill and Brian O Kane. In conjunction with International Car Free Day 2008 Mr. Something Something presented Canada s first bicycle powered concerts at the Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto s Don Valley and outside infamous bike thief Igor Kenk s defunct bicycle shop. In terms of the band name, they said in an interview The name Mr. Something Something is a play on a song name by the godfather of afrobeat, Fela Kuti . He has a song called Mr. Follow Follow, which as couple of the guys thought would be a great name for a tribute band ... but that s not what we are so the name developed with the music. ref http www.beyondrobson.com music 2005 12 mrsomething something ref Discography Mr. Something Something World Records, 2004 The Edge World Records, 2005 Deep Sleep World Records, 2007 The Rough Guide to Afrobeat Revival World Music Network, 2009 Shine Your Face World Records, 2009 References reflist External links http www.mrsomethingsomething.com Mr. Something Something s official website Category Canadian world music groups Category Musical groups from Toronto Category Afro beat musical groups Canada band stub ... more details
BLP sources date March 2011 Funsho Ogundipe is a Nigeria n pianist and composer. According to writer Chris May writing for all about jazz, Ogundipe s Afrobeat has been cooked in a slow burning oven and has a wide and enchanting range of tonal colours. ref cite web url http www.allaboutjazz.com php article.php?id 23938 title allaboutjazz.com ref In an interview with Rita Ray of the Shrine soundsystem for the BBC s Africa on your street website. ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk africabeyond africaonyourstreet hosts rita 17818.shtml title BBC s Africa On Your Street ref Ogundipe cites Miles Davis , Duke Ellington and Fela Kuti as his major influences as a composer. Robert Fox of the afrofunk forum and also bass player for the American Afrobeat inspired band Chopteeth rates Ogundipe s composition Revenge of the Flying Monkeys as one of the most important post Fela Kuti compositions. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Ogundipe, Funsho Category Nigerian musicians Category Nigerian composers Category Living people composer stub Nigeria bio stub Africa musician stub ... more details
Nick Movshon Born New York City 1982 is a bass guitarist, drummer and producer. He is best known for his work with British soul star Amy Winehouse and producer Mark Ronson . Movshon has played with groups such as Brooklyn art rockers TV on the Radio , the blues rock duo The Black Keys , Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra , hip hop group The Wu Tang Clan , and soul funk group Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings . He is a frequent contributor to the recorded output of Brooklyn based Truth and Soul Records , Dunham Records , and Daptone Records . Movshon lives in New York City External links http www.discogs.com artist Nick Movshon Nick Movshon Discography http www.antibalas.com http www.albumcredits.com Profile 665716 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Movshon, Nick ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Movshon, Nick Category 1982 births Category Living people Category American musicians US musician stub ... more details
sustain a large afrobeat band. Chopteeth won several Wammies Washington Area Music Awards presented ... The Afrofunk Forum Blog News, music reviews and commentary on Afrobeat and related ... Links.html anchor 45 A List of Afrobeat Bands Active Worldwide Video http www.kennedy center.org ... Washington Post Article on Afrobeat in America Chopteeth & Antibalas http www.chopteeth.com ...?storyId 99011032 Chopteeth Interview at NPR Music Footnotes reflist See also Afrobeat Fela Kuti ... more details
website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat Music with news, bio s, tour dates, gig reviews, interviews ... of Afrobeat S 26eacute 3Bun Kuti 26 Egypt 80 debut in NYC Afropop Worldwide s Slideshow of Seun ... more details
2010 Ebo Taylor and Afrobeat Academy Love and Death Strut Records br Xavier Naidoo Alles Kann Besser ... Workshop Band Von Teutschen Landen Jazzwerkstatt 2007 Oghene Kologbo and Afrobeat Academy Remember ... Song EMI br Polyversal Souls Sad Nile 7 , Fryer s Records 2006 Afrobeat Academy Afro Confusion 7 , Rabbi ... more details
Tony Allen may refer to Tony Allen basketball , basketball player Tony Allen musician , drummer with Fela Kuti and one of the founders of Afrobeat Tony Allen singer , Irish performer, member of Foster & Allen with Mick Foster Tony Allen footballer , former Stoke City FC player Tony Allen comedian , English comedian and writer John Anthony Allan , known as Tony Allan, geographer at King s College London, see Virtual water See also Tony Allan , British DJ and voiceover artist Anthony Allen disambiguation hndis name Allen, Tony de Tony Allen ja DEFAULTSORT Allen, Tony ... more details
unsourced date August 2009 Afro Rock is an offshoot of Afrobeat is a popular dance music pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by such groups as Monomono , Osibisa and Alhaji K. Frimpong . It is a style of which relies heavily on the use of Western string instrument s electric guitar s and bass and guitar effects. The genre is deeply based in Western chordal structure and progression mostly minor , emphasized on instruments like synthesizer and organ music organ . Although the rhythmic engine of the music is some configuration of a western trap set, other characteristically African and Afro Cuban elements pervade the remainder of the rhythm section including congas, claves, shekeres, bells, and whistles . The vocal style can be seen as an amalgamation of African language and inflection into an American rock and funk context. Afro rock bands Assagai Osibisa music genre stub Category African American music in Africa pl Afro rock ... more details
Le Peuple de l Herbe is a French band playing electronic music, afrobeat and dub. Biography The band was founded in 1997, in Lyon . Members Dj Pee machines Psychostick Drum kit drums , machines N Zeng Trumpet , Keyboard music Keyboard , Flugelhorn , machines JC 001 singing , human beatbox Spagg Sampler musical instrument sampler , Bass guitar Kreez Dark Fader Chris Rochon Audio engineering Discography Triple Zero 2000 P.H. Test Two 2002 Sold Out 2004 Cube 2005 Radio Blood Money 2007 Tilt 2009 Category French musical groups fr Le Peuple de l Herbe pt Le Peuple de l Herbe ... more details
Self published date May 2010 Orphan date March 2010 BLP sources date February 2010 Masha Mapenzi born in Watamu , Kenya is an Africa n Gospel music Gospel and Afro fusion singer. Mapenzi performs in styles such as chakacha , taarab , bango music bango and afrobeat . She was the winner on the first season of Pop Idol Kenya Pop Idol in Kenya, performing her own rendition of the famous hymn When Peace, Like a River . Mapenzi s first album is titled Uhiko available as an iTunes download , and includes the single Nainua Macho Yangu as well as the tracks Uhiko , Mahabubu and Tamu Tamu . The Song Uhiko won oast Awards Diaspora Artist of the year 2010 and Coast Awards Runner up Female Artist of the Year 2010. External links official http www.mashamapenzi.com DEFAULTSORT Mapenzi, Masha Category Living people Category Kenyan singers ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Expensive Shit Type Album Artist Fela Kuti Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 Cover ExpensiveFelaKuti.jpg Released 1975 Recorded 1975 Genre Afrobeat Length 24 13 Label Editions Makossa Producer Fela Kuti Reviews Allmusic Rating 4.5 5 Allmusic class album id r365733 review pure url yes link BBC Online BBC Music favorable http www.bbc.co.uk music reviews 2qcz link Pitchfork Media 8.5 10 http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 19159 expensive shithe miss road link Last album Excuse O br 1975 This album Expensive Shit br 1975 Next album He Miss Road br 1975 Expensive Shit is the twelfth full length album by afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti Fela Ransome Kuti and his Africa 70 band. It was ranked 78 on Pitchfork Media s Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigeria n police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a Joint cannabis joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement . According to legend he managed to use another inmate s feces and was eventually released. Track listing all songs written by Fela Kuti Expensive Shit 13 13 Water No Get Enemy 11 00 Category 1975 albums Category Fela Kuti albums 1970s album stub ... more details
grew in intensity. As inventor of the rhythms that underpinned Afrobeat and musical director ... own sound. Afrobeat to Afrofunk Allen formed his own group, recording No Discrimination in 1980, and performing ... a hybrid sound, deconstructing & fusing Afrobeat with electronica , Dub music dub , R&B , and Hip ... new project for his thirteenth release. Recorded live in Lagos, with a full sized Afrobeat band, Lagos No Shaking Lagos is OK , signifies Allen s return to roots Afrobeat after forays into avant ... Expect Power Always aka N.E.P.A. Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 Moving Target 1986 I Go Shout Plenty ... Ensemble Part 3 Various Artists Comet 2000 Modern Answers To Old Problems Ernest Ranglin 2000 Afrobeat ... Official Homepage http www.afrobeatmusic.net The Shrine The Unofficial Website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat ... more details
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