Antibalas – Who Is This America? (CD)
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Released during a charged political moment in American history, *Who Is This America?* found Antibalas channeling Fela's tradition of music as resistance, wrapping sharp social critique inside irresistible, horn-driven grooves. The collective's Brooklyn roots run deep here, with a sprawling ensemble sound built on collective improvisation and the kind of locked-in rhythmic intensity that only comes from years of playing together as a genuine community.
Reissue of their 2004 album. Formed in 1998, the Brooklyn-based music collective, Antibalas, has shared it's dynamic afrobeat and funk sound with 35 countries and over 1000 performances. From humble beginnings at Brooklyn block parties and community benefits, Antibalas has since been featured at prestigious festivals including Coachella, Glastonbury, Montreux, Newport Jazz, and at venues from Rikers Island to Carnegie Hall. Drawing on musical lineages steeped in jazz, funk, Afro-Caribbean, and West African music, Antibalas is widely recognized for it's mastery of and innovation in the afrobeat musical form created in the early 1970s by Nigerian composer/activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
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UPC: 616892104766
Label: Ropeadope
Release Date: 11.8.19
Format: CD