FELA KUTI - London Scene LP afrobeat Opening with a mesmerizing piece

Opening with a mesmerizing piece from 1978 pairing the voice and tamboura of Anne Klingensmith with letters spat out by a Speak n' Spell to the accompaniment of the randomized melodic patterns of DeMarinis's homebuilt electronic instrument "The Pygmy Gamelan"

and burly vocalist Chuck Billy fully recovered from his battle versus germ cell seminoma

It’s difficult to draw a direct lineage

or the ingredients to a potion

models are cynically compared to robots that unconvincingly mimic humans (’The Model’)

FELA KUTI - London Scene LP afrobeat Opening with a mesmerizing pieceNigerian afrobeat legend Fela Kuti is known for having a huge and excellent catalogue, but over the years many of his albums have been nigh on forgotten. The Knitting Factory label are working to change that now, individually reissuing a selection of albums for the first time on vinyl. London Scene is early, formative Kuti, and even features Ginger Baker on one track(!).