The Drug Store - Hard 2 Find Vol.4
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI009, 2010-09-06

The Drug Store is the first venture for the Colored-Inc. label into Psychedelic Folk & Rock vibes. Blending Nigerian harmonies with American Folk and Jazz, Reggae chants with Stoner Rock and Hip Hop beats or Nyabinghi percussions, freaky electronics with Afrobeat or deep poetry, James Bond-like arrangements with 21st century Chicago Soul, and inviting some famous Zulu Nation King & MC to a deep garage-blues session, this is indeed a kind of a Multi-Colored Thing, a nearly hallucinatory record pushing the Colored-Inc. label's identity towards more edgy forms of African, Carribean and Afro-American music.

Production duties by Erik Rug (3), Doctor L (1,4,6,8,10), and Grant Phabao (2,5,7,9), with star guesting Amayo from the Fu-Arkist-Ra and Allonymous (USA), Kiala Nzavotunga and Tony Allen (from Nigeria), The Jays (from Jamaica), Le Damn Dog, Kactus Hunters, The Joslyns and The Farell Girls (from Paris)


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One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI005, 2010-05-17

One Foot In Jail is the first venture for the Colored-Inc. label into African vibes. Blending Nigerian harmonies with American Soul or Jamaican Funk, European folk & electronics with Afrobeat, Jazz with souful reggae or deep poetry, with some hefty doses of Reggae, Psychedelia and African percussions in between, this is indeed a kind of a Afrofunk Jazz Thing, a fantastic record pushing the Colored-Inc. label's identity quest deep into the exploration of African, Carribean and Afro-American music.

Production duties by David Murray (10), Doctor L (2,4,8,9), Franck Biyong (7), Grant Phabao (3,5,6), Loik Dury (1), with star guesting Amayo from the Fu-Arkist-Ra, Antibalas, Clip Payne and The Deacon from The Duke & The King (USA), Kiala Nzavotunga and Oghene Kologbo (from Nigeria), Ranking Trevor and The Jays (from Jamaica), and The Gwo Ka Masters (from Guadeloupe)

Amayo Fu-Arkist-Ra (Antibalas) + Doctor L + Franck Biyong à la Scène Bastille Mercredi 10 Décembre

Amayo Fu-Arkist-Ra (Antibalas) + Oghene Kologbo à l'Alimentation Générale Mardi 9 Décembre

Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra - Afrobeat Disciples (new edition)
(2xCD) self-released, 2008-08-15

Info :
AMAYO, lead singer of the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, presents his original afrobeat project, FU-ARKIST-RA, an explosive blend of African spiritual rhythms, traditional Chinese lion rhythms, highlife, funk, and jazz, infused with passionate activism. Experience the deep, hard, nyash grindin' dance-till-you-drop afrobeat tunes and share in this love connexion!

Tracklisting CD1 :
01. Fist of Flowers 9:40
02. M.T.T.T (Mother Talker Tic Tock) 11:48
03. Lion Awakes (live) 18:48
04. Happy Lion (live) 11:53

Tracklisting CD2 :
01. Amen-Awon (Goddess-River) featuring the Sweet Plantain String Quartet 8:41

Note : Self-released reissue of the acclaimed Afrobeat recording FIST OF FLOWERS, released in 2001 on 40th Chamber Records, featuring some members of Antibalas. This new edition includes a bonus CD with an exclusive new track.

Links :
fuarkistra.com
myspace.com/thefuarkistra
cdbaby.com/fuarkistra
archive.org/details/AmayosFuArkistRa

Brian Mitchell - Rhythm & Poetry
(CD) 2006-07

Tracklisting :
01. Sixth Whole Soul | MP3
02. Blues For Laura | MP3
03. A Stories Dream | MP3
04. Lights Over Lagos
05. Ra Sees The Sun
06. Pots And Pans
07. Dissentrance
08. Lemon Dub

Info :
Brian Mitchell is a guitarist you've probably heard, perhaps without even knowing. His precise playing was part of Kansas' own funk outfit The Yards, as well as Carlos Washington's Giant People and Amayo's Fu Arkestra featuring members of Antibalas. His debut CD, Rhythm and Poetry, finds the highly skilled guitarist joined by Marco Benevento (organ) and Joe Russo (drums), aka "The Duo", plus Critters Buggin/Garage A Trois instrumentalist Mike Dillon (percussion, vibes, conga, tabla). This appealing combination of musicians sounds exactly as good as you think it should, and is equally as impossible to describe!

Links :
brianmitchell.org
myspace.com/brianmitchelltrio

Various - Let Rhythm Provide
(CD) Antibalas Auto-Production, 2005-12-07

Press Release :
Antibalas and Ocote Soul Media release compilation of side projects to raise money for New Orleans grassroots reconstruction

Antibalas and Ocote Soul Media present 'Let Rhythm Provide', a compilation to benefit progressive grassroots organizations working in New Orleans. The compilation, assembled a few days after the floods, features unreleased material from eight distinct musical projects led by members of Antibalas, encompassing afrobeat, dub, ecstatic jazz, avant-garde pop, rock, and futuristic folk.

100% of the profits go directly to New Orleans Network (www.neworleansnetwork.org) Get Your Act On (www.getyouracton.com) and SHONOF (www.noahleans.org) a group specifically dedicated to helping New Orleans musicians find work and housing.

"The government has let us down, but we have each other", says Martín Perna, Antibalas founder, and organizer of the project. "It is crucial that we send our money directly to community groups working in New Orleans. The culture, legacy, and future of New Orleans will be distorted and ruined unless the people of New Orleans themselves are able to rebuild it. We put this together in the first week of September while we were in Chicago making a record with John McEntire at Soma studios. We couldn't do any benefit shows during the time, so we put this together instead."

The groups represented on 'Let Rhythm Provide' include:
Fu-Arkist-Ra (Amayo)
Speakerphonic (Marcos García)
Volney Litmus (Stuart Bogie)
Beyondo (Eric Biondo)
Ocote Soul Sounds (Martín Perna)
Roots Combination/Ticklah (Victor Axelrod)
Fire of Space (Jordan McLean)
and Small and Medium (Chris Vatalaro).
Soundbites of the songs, as well as links to the artist webpages are online at www.ocotesoulsounds.com/lrp.

The compilation will be available at Antibalas performances, online at www.antibalas.com, and directly from the artists represented on the project with the goal of minimizing all overhead and middlemen.

Please do you part and get some great music!

Click Here to Purchase 'Let Rhythm Provide'...

Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra - Afrobeat Disciples
(CD) 2005-05-22

Info :
AMAYO, lead singer of the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, presents his original afrobeat project, FU-ARKIST-RA, an explosive blend of African spiritual rhythms, traditional Chinese lion rhythms, highlife, funk, and jazz, infused with passionate activism. Experience the deep, hard, nyash grindin' dance-till-you-drop afrobeat tunes and share in this love connexion!
www.fuarkistra.com

Tracklisting :
01. Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra - Fist of Flowers | MP3 sample
02. Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra - M.T.T.T (Mother Talker Tic Tock) | MP3 sample
03. Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra - Lion Awakes (live)
04. Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra - Happy Lion (live)