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London Afrobeat Collective

8 musicians. One goal. To increase the positive energy in the world by making people dance!

London Afrobeat Collective are a tight-knit family of musicians from around the world, living in London and united by a love of afrobeat and a desire to take original music to new places.

From Europe to Africa, Glastonbury Festival to Felabration in Lagos, they deliver party-music born of their truly global DNA. The 8-strong collective from England, Italy, France, Congo, Argentina and New Zealand combine traditional afrobeat with funk, jazz, rock, Latin and dub to create something unique.

Esengo

By London Afrobeat Collective

Label: Canopy Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Topesa Esengo Na Motema; My Way; Take Me To The Sea; Freedom; El Ritmo De Londres; De Kinshasa A Sono Bata.

London Afrobeat Collective: Esengo

by Chris May
February 17, 2024

Back in the day, when Fela Kuti invented Afrobeat--and yes, unlike practically every other music to emerge in the 20th century, Afrobeat was indeed the creation of one person--the music served two functions: to champion the rights and aspirations of post-colonial Black Africans, particularly those at the bottom of the pyramid, and to provide a soundtrack ...

Humans

By London Afrobeat Collective

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Tolembi; Power To The Women; Prime Resources; Tokomona; Stop Talking; They Come & They Go; All You Need Is Air; Walk Alone.

London Afrobeat Collective: Humans

by Bruce Lindsay
November 8, 2019

Hard-driving, politically-charged, rhythmic, irresistibly-danceable music; what else could be expected from a band that mixes influences from Fela Kuti, Parliament/Funkadelic, Frank Zappa, and Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards into one exciting and uplifting musical pot? Such expectations are high, but the London Afrobeat Collective meets them with ease. There have been a few personnel ...

Food Chain

By London Afrobeat Collective

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Celebrity Culture; Prejudice; Ijo Ina (Fire Dance); I No Be Criminal; Say What You Mean; First World Problems; Ole (Lazy); Prime Minister.

London Afrobeat Collective: Food Chain

by Bruce Lindsay
May 11, 2015

It's based in London, it's a collective and it plays afrobeat, a strongly rhythmic musical style associated particularly with Fela Kuti. That's the basic info. Much more importantly Food Chain, the London Afrobeat Collective's second album (there are a couple of EPs too), is a bit of a monster--full of dancefloor-filling beats, allied to politically-aware lyrics, ...