Posted by mersenne

August 27

Fanga

Montpellier’s Fanga is one of the two Afrobeat bands that’s released a new album recently (The other being Kokolo). Frankly the selling point for me was the involvement of the legendary Fela Kuti sidekick Tony Allen as I haven’t heard about their 2004 debut “Afrokaliptyik“. Thank God for that because this is an essential piece of modern afrobeat. While the main emphasis on “Natural Juice” seems to be the hypnotic drive (although not as much as Kinshasa’s Konono No.1), the brass section is extremely listener friendly as well, if you compare it to Fela’s experimental afrobeat, making it an irrepressible force, just as their name “Fanga” suggests in Dioula. Out on Underdog Records.

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  • Henri, Paris
    Really great stuff, made my day! And in my own backyard, too, and I didn't know! Many thanks for the find. By the way, 11 tracks from these guys are currently available as good quality mp3s at we7.com (free, registration required).
  • hey, i had you in mind when i published that, I was wondering if you knew them or not :)
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