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Various - Contemporary Afro Beat - out on Tramp Records

Monday 14 February 2011, 14:38

Contemporary Afro Beat
Various - Contemporary Afro Beat: A Fine Selection Of Some Of Today's Most Exciting Afro Beat Bands From All Over The World
(CD/LP/Digital) Tramp Records TRLP/CD-9010, 2011-02-14

This, the third volume in the Contemporary... series is indeed very special as it is simultaneously the tenth album released on Tramp Records. Afro Beat, the original hybrid of Jazz, Funk and West African highlife created by Fela Ransome-Kuti and Tony Allen in the late 1960s, is everything else than dead in 2011: Open your mind and ears and enjoy the exciting sounds of Odu, Afromotive, Jojo Quo & his Challengers and all the others. Fela declared his music "the progressive music of the future". Well, the future has come. This is Contemporary Afro Beat.

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GRANT PHABAO AND DJOULS 21st Century Afro Vol 3

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Vol.3

Wednesday 14 January 2009, 13:01 3

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Vol.3 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) T.I.M.E.C., 2009-01-14 This 3rd volume of 21st Century African music begins in Asheville, North Carolina (USA) with The Afromotive, fusing Afrobeat, Funk and improvisation. Did someone say "jamband"? The trombone/trumpet player Brian Bender (from New England, USA) could easily fit in that category, since he's been playing with numerous bands across the globe, from latin jazz, to samba reggae, african, calypso, klezmer, celtic, arabic, turkish, middle eastern, jazz, blues, dixieland, afrobeat and...

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The Afromotive - Scare Tactics

Tuesday 16 October 2007, 18:28

The Afromotive Scare Tactics
The Afromotive - Scare Tactics
(CD) Harmonized Records, 2007-10-16

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