From Wikipedia:
"Antibalas (pronounced /ɑntiˈbɑlɑs/, or approximately "ahn-tee-BAH-las", from the Spanish for "bulletproof") is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modeled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music is primarily afrobeat, it incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa..."From NPR.org:
"It's no secret that Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti was highly influenced by the funk inspirations of James Brown. But in contrast to the fast, furious singles churned out by Brown and the JBs, Kuti preferred the "go slow" method, a nod to the plague of traffic jams inflicted upon many Nigerian cities. The best Afrobeat songs don't throw down lightning bolts from the first downbeat, but rather unfurl in slow, rolling peals of percussive thunder and intermittent brass showers....New York's Antibalas (a.k.a. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra) has mastered the best traditions of Kuti's craft, especially the importance of patience."From BurningDervish.com:
Antibalas: El Machete
from Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1
Hypocrite
from Talkatif
Elephant
from Who Is This America?
Beaten Metal
from Security
Members have appeared on:
Uninvisible by Medeski, Martin & Wood
from Uninvisible
Wolf Like Me by TV On the Radio
from Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks)
was the final recording from Tyner's last band to be based on the music of his former boss, John Coltrane...Recorded live at San Francisco's legendary Keystone Korner, this set has four of Tyner's modal originals played by the full group, a rendition of "My One and Only Love" performed by the leader, Lawrence and Franco as a trio, and a solo piano version of "In a Sentimental Mood." Essential music that still sounds fresh and adventurous."
