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To the Yoruba people of West Africa (and their Cuban relations in the new world), the very spirit of existence is a primordial life force known as Ashé. Together with a group known as the Sonic Liberation Front, drummer Kevin Diehl has very consciously tapped into this energy. The group's first record, 2001's Water and Stone , was a widely acknowledged idiosyncratic landmark, drawing from both Afro-Cuban roots and the jazz tradition. Ashé A Go-Go continues in a similar vein, ...

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Album Review

Sonic Liberation Front: Water and Stone

Read "Water and Stone" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2001

With its fist of power, the Sonic Liberation Front asserts freedom from authority. While the group's icon might suggest some kind of militant defiance, their approach is really much more positive and focused at heart. Drummer Kevin Diehl's group brings together a variety of approaches: from interlaced Afro-Cuban percussion, to African-American swing and free jazz traditions, to post-modern adaptations of electronica. While such an unusual combination of elements might suggest cacophony or hopelessly pithy density, it's remarkably successful. The key ...