afrobeat

Cymande were an eclectic band who released several albums throughout the early seventies. They arrived in London, England from Guyana and Jamaica and developed a subtle, deep funk style heavily influenced by Calypso rhythms, jazz, African music, and American soul. Cymande can now be seen as one of the most sophisticated of the heavy funk acts that evolved in the early 1970's. By the mid-seventies the band members were going their separate ways. It wasn't until 20 years later that they reaped any financial rewards, as their music became a popular source for samplers.

If Fela could roll without nationalism and just groove
to the meditation. A slower romantic Africa than war-ridden
armageddon. Dele Sosimi born in Hackney, joined Fela Anikulapo-Kutis Egypt 80 in 197.He stands out as one of the most active musicians currently on the Afrobeat scene. From his debut solo album “Turbulent Times” (2002) which featured the cream of the resident Afrobeat community to the 3-CD compilation entitled “Essential Afrobeat”, with Family Recordings (Universal), released in October 2004...

This name refers to at least two bands: (1) The original Black Mirrors were a Nigerian rock band in the 1970s. Their recordings are featured in anthologies of Nigerian music from that era, and their song "The World Ends" inspired the title of the acclaimed Soundway anthology, "The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria." (2) The Black Mirrors are a garage punk quartet from Stoke on Trent, taking influence from Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, MC5, Eighties Matchbox and other sinister purveyors of dark melancholia.

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 Oct 1938 – 2 Aug 1997), or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, political maverick & leader of Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa '70. HMV Magazine ranked him #46, on a list of the top-100 most influential musicians, of the 20th century. The musical style performed by Fela Kuti is called Afrobeat, which is essentially a fusion of jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, and traditional African chants and rhythms.