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4170 days ago

KEXP Seattle — The love NYC drummer Miles Arntzen holds for the music of Nigerian legend Fela Kuti is so great it can’t be contained by just one band. Arntzen, who drums for well-known funksters Antibalas, also started yet another 10+ member afrobeat-inspired gro... more info

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KEXP Suggests: FELA! @ Paramount Theatre through 6/2

4196 days ago

KEXP Seattle — STG Presents FELA! May 28 – June 2, 2013 at The Paramount Theatre Next Showings: Friday: 8:00pm Saturday: 2:00pm & 8:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm & 6:30pm The first thing you take away from the first time you see Fela Kuti is the all-consuming cool. There�... more info

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Artymove – The World Is A Dancefloor

4230 days ago

Discobelle.net — Discobelle excluisve premiere! Artymove is a funky Stockholm based trio that have been described sounding something like: “…Deee-Lite and Moloko in the studio with Missy Elliott and Fela Kuti produced by Quincy Jones…” They released the “Ba... more info

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The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination :: Amalinja

4239 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Spinning Fela Kuti’s proto-Africa 70 band, Koola Lobitos, for an upcoming program, I was reminded of just how seminal, loose (and great) this period of his career arc can be. And if you only know the more politically charged Fela of the 70s/80s, I... more info

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Thom Yorke's other band to release album

4372 days ago

Guardian Music — Radiohead singer's side project, which includes Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, to release debut album in FebruaryRadiohead fans seeking a studio fix will get some consolation on 25 February, when Thom Yorke's new band, Atoms for Peace, release their ... more info

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Baloji takes hip-hop attitude to Congo

4387 days ago

Guardian Music — Distinctive Belgian-Congolese rapper says playing with accepted codes and conventions brings new meanings to his artBaloji, the brilliant and innovative Congolese-born Belgian rapper and video producer, spoke to Addis Rumble about his recent performa... more info

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DJ Muro does west Africa

4400 days ago

Guardian Music — Celebrated Japanese hip-hop artist is back with mix which delves into west African grooves from the sixties and seventiesDJ Muro is one of Japan's most prolific and well respected hip hop artists. A producer, a DJ and a digger for obscure breaks and ... more info

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New band of the day – IROK (No 1,387)

4402 days ago

Guardian Music — These space cadets promise Afro-futurist anthems, but their mundane rave-rock fails to blast you into another dimensionReading on mobile? Click hereHometown: London.The lineup: Mike Title (vocals, ideas) and assorted IROK-ies.The background: IROK sta... more info

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Monday music break

4402 days ago

Guardian Music — From Senegal, South Africa and Sudan, music to start the week"Halleluja." Ghanaian-Swiss OY breaks down hair politics over some church loop. Next: Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter Kae Sun's 'Ship and The Globe', the debut single off his forthcomin... more info

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Letters: Freedom fighter

4415 days ago

Guardian Music — I trust that the Kalakuta Commune will acknowledge that Fela Kuti inherited some of his politics from his mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Fela Kuti's persecutors now dancing to the new tune, 20 October). Having set up a women's group to campaign agai... more info

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KEXP Suggests: FELA! @ Paramount Theatre through 6/2

Artymove – The World Is A Dancefloor

The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination :: Amalinja

Thom Yorke's other band to release album

Baloji takes hip-hop attitude to Congo

DJ Muro does west Africa

New band of the day – IROK (No 1,387)

Monday music break

Letters: Freedom fighter

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