Pablo Milanes
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yaaba funk
Yaaba Funk are a band playing funky Hi-Life and Afrobeat. influenced by Alhaji K Frimpong, Fela Kuti, Oscar Sulley, Ghanaian and Nigerian sounds from the 70s as well as funk, broken beat and jazz. Based in Brixton in south London, they play regularly on the London circuit and are know for electrifying shows featuring tight and powerful Afro rhythm section. Their debut LP, provisionally entitled "Afrobeast", will be released in 2009.
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Daphni
Music project of Caribou's Dan Snaith. Daphni's debut album, Jiaolong, will be released on 8 October on Merge Records. "During the time I was making the Caribou album Swim, I'd fallen back in love with moments in small, dark clubs when a DJ puts on a piece of music that not only can you not identify, but that until you heard it you could not have conceived of existing," Snaith said. "Daphni tracks are rough and spontaneous … They're about working fast and intuitively, capturing the manic energy needed to start a track one afternoon, have it finished, and be playing it in a club that night."
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Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu
For his latest two albums Jimi Tenor has teamed up with Kabu Kabu, a talented group of West African musicians. Their brand of afrobeat is highlighted with Tenor's jazzy, bohemian touches and ability to write irresistible tunes. His catchy-yet-challenging arrangements are reminiscent of the legendary Fela Kuti, and perhaps one can also sense the influence of the likes of Lalo Schifrin, Charlie Mingus and Sun Ra.
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KONONO NO.1
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the oldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Femi was born in London on 16 June 1962 and grew up in the former Nigerian capital Lagos. Like his father, Femi has shown a strong commitment to social and political causes throughout his career, but he differs in his religious views. In 2001, Femi collaborated with a number of US musicians such as Common, Mos Def, and Jaguar Wright, on his Fight to Win album. This album was widely regarded as the most influential Neo-Afrobeat album of the early 21st century.
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Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
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IG Culture
IG Culture (real name Ian Grant) is a London musician and performer best known as a pioneer of the broken beat movement. His production features rhythms and hybrids of several musical styles such as jazz-fusion, funk and soul. IG Culture first became known as a member of the hip-hop duo Dodge City Productions in 1990. After the demise of that outfit, he founded an independent record label One Drop Interouter which released four albums. Later, he worked with the People and founded the Main Squeeze labels.
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Chico Man
Marcos "Marquitos" Garcia was born into a musical Cuban family, and is currently a member of American Afrobeat pioneers, Antibalas. Armed with his childhood Casio keyboard, in late 2002 he embarked upon an experiment in afrobeat. The outcome was Manifest Tone Vol.1, a collection of raw and dirty, Lo-Fi tracks to make your body move. Encouraged by his Antibalas bandmates to keep exploring, Garcia ventured into the world of 1980's drum machine beats and sounds.
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