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- Date Released: May 4, 2008
- Genre: International
- Label: Comet / Believe Digital
Killer Afrobeat comp covering miles of ground
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We Say...
A killer Afrobeat compilation that defines its range very broadly — at one end are Ginger Johnson's 1967 Nigerian jazz-funk gem "I Jool Omo" and South African songbird Letta Mbulu's late-'60s soul meditation "What's Wrong With Groovin'," and at the other is contemporary Brooklynites Antibalas' "World War IV." The core of the album, though, is Smahila and the S.B.'s' 18-minute blowout "African Movement," a little funk groove put through every possible permutation, graced with shouting, chanting and both guitar and saxophone solos. And its secret highlight may be Chicago visionary Philip Cohran's "Unity," which owes as much to avant-garde drone music (its key instrument is a violin that holds a single sawed note for nearly the entire song) as to electric African dance music. The same compilers are also responsible for the Bilongo and Racubah collections, which offer similar joys.
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| 01. |  |
What's Wrong Is Grovin
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2:52 |
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| 02. | |
Unity |
7:58 |
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| 03. | |
Vulcano
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5:54 |
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| 04. | |
Alevacolariea
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5:25 |
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| 05. | |
African Movement
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18:32 |
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| 06. | |
Ouelele
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4:24 |
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| 07. | |
I Jool Omo
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4:08 |
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| 08. | |
World War Iv
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4:19 |
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| 09. | |
Douala By Night
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3:08 |
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| 10. | |
Senga
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3:05 |
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| 11. | |
Na Waya
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5:51 |
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| 12. | |
Lishonile
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9:01 |
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12 Total Tracks, 74:37 Total Length
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