Fela Kuti – Confusion (LP Vinyl)
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Recorded in 1975, "Confusion" captures Fela Anikulapo Kuti at the peak of his powers as a bandleader and political provocateur, when his Kalakuta Republic commune had become both a creative sanctuary and a direct challenge to Nigeria's military government. The B-side pairing, "Gentleman," takes aim at Africans who adopt Western dress and customs at the expense of their own identity, a theme inseparable from Fela's broader Pan-Africanist vision.
This epic Afrobeat album contains just one eponymous track clocking in at just over 25 minutes in length, and beginning with a mysterious and psychedelic musical interplay between Fela on organ and Tony Allen on drums. As the song takes on a righteously funky groove, Fela evokes the chaos of Lagos the multitude of regional dialects, the gnarly traffic jams, the absence of a policeman to take charge as a metaphor for the larger problems of post-colonial Nigeria.
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UPC: 720841207016
Label: Partisan Records
Release Date: 8.19.14
Format: LP Vinyl