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Album Review

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: Heavier Yet Lays The Crownless Head

Read "Heavier Yet Lays The Crownless Head" reviewed by Chris May


Seun Kuti is a chip off the old block: inheriting his father Fela Kuti's band Egypt 80, pushing at the edges of but staying more or less within Afrobeat's classic instrumental paradigm, unconditionally championing all oppressed and marginalized people, and, not least, enjoying blunts the size of baseball bats. One place where Seun has pushed at the edges is in his choice of co-producers. From Africa With Fury: Rise (Knitting Factory, 2011), for instance, was co-produced with ...

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Asynchrone: Plastic Bamboo

Read "Plastic Bamboo" reviewed by Chris May


Put preconceptions aside and cast no nasturtiums. Against expectations, the free(ish) jazz / electro mash-up Plastic Bamboo is a winner, convincingly bringing together the unpredictability of the one with the robotic iterations of the other. The album collects eleven pieces written or co-written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a founder member of Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978 and composer of soundtracks for hit movies including Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), The Sheltering Sky (1990) and The Revenant (2015). Sakamoto wrote great tunes ...


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