In America, Antibalas has developed both the musical and political aspects of afrobeat for fourteen years. Several groups and individuals continue to play afrobeat worldwide, including Femi Kuti, one of Fela's sons. Afrobeat is a genre developed by famed Nigerian musician and composer Fela Kuti (1938-1997) and drummer Tony Allen, taking elements of American jazz, funk and R&B and fusing them with the tonality, polyrhythm and vocal styles of African music. The album is Antibalas's fifth and features their unique, evolving sound. References to the economic crisis and war are present in both the lyrics and in the music’s sense of tension and opposition. The six songs offer outrage, satire, excitement, subtlety, beauty and drama.
A new, self-titled album by Brooklyn-based afrobeat band Antibalas offers a welcome blend of exciting, skilled musicianship and socially critical lyricism.
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