Africafunk: The Original Sound of 1970's Funky Africa

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Harmless
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 017533162822
EAN: 0017533162822
ASIN: B00000J7FX

Release Date: 1999-01-19

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Listmania:

Real Funk For Real People - for all your funky needs
afrobeat & afrofunk - old and new
...and before that I read, watched, and listened to these.

Tracks:

African Rhythms - Oneness of Juju, Oneness of Juju
Ajo - Peter King, Peter King
Hail the King - Wali
African Battle - Manu Dibango
Malik - Lafayette Afro Rock Band
African Hustle
Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti
Talkin' Talkin'
Megaton - Vecchio
Weya - Manu Dibango
Netsanet - Mulatu Astatqé
Racubah
Road Close [Dance Dub] - Tony Allen

Customer Reviews:

It's all about the groove.......2002-05-02

This is one of the tightest collections of african funk I have ever heard. Buy it now (if you can find it).

The finest Afro Beat for your sampling pleasure.......1999-07-29

The recipe: take African musicians, feed them on a steady diet of James Brown and funk influenced tunes, shake, stand back and watch what unfolds. The result: a compilation selecting the finest Afro Beat for your sampling pleasure. Who's at the party? Peter King, Wali & the African Carnival, Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango Mulatu Astatqe and more. What does it sound like? Listen to track 3, the flute grabs you, the drums make you feel as though you are 007 being chased through the African jungle, and the chants possess that camp fire sing along flavor. My favorite tune of the disc, track 7. If the name alone doesn't get you (the tune is called EXPENSIVE), the groove will. Imagine, if you will, James Brown in Nairobi backed up with a jazzy riff, and there you have it, an instrumental classic. But just when you take breather, the horns charge in!

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Between the Lines ~ Janis Ian

Nocturnal Silence ~ Necrophobic

Monumental Mutilations ~ Deathwitch

Air Mail Music: Ethiopia ~ Various Artists

Machu Picchu ~ Kanchay

Celtic Jigs and Reels ~ Various Artists

Black & Blue ~ Louis Armstrong

Give Thanks V.1 ~ Various Artists

Keroro Gunso: Pekopon Shinryaku CD V.2 ~ Japanimation

Greetings from L.A. ~ Tim Buckley