From the off, the liquid pulse of classic Fela drives the action: the greatest drummer in the world has never sounded so good as he does here, jostling and locked with Flea’s roiling, hard-grooving bass. Albarn’s keyboards splice into the mess of wires running between the freaked Afro-disco of William Onyeabor, the space-jazz-moog of Sun Ra, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
With Erykah Badu; Malians Fatoumata Diawara and Cheick Tidiane Seck; the young, Ghanaian rapper M.anifest, switching seamlessly between Twi and English; and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Assembled, mixed and poison-tipped by Mark Ernestus from Rhythm And Sound.
| 1-2-3-4-5-6 | |
| Hey, Shooter | |
| Lolo | |
| Night Watch | |
| Forward Sweep | |
| Follow-Fashion | |
| Chop Up | |
| Poison | |
| Extinguished | |
| Rotary Connection | |
| Check Out | |
| There | |
| Worries | |
| Benko | |
| The Unfadable | |
| Dam(n) | |
| Fatherless | |
| Leave-Taking |
| 1-2-3-4-5-6 | |
| Hey, Shooter (Featuring Erykah Badu) | |
| Lolo (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest) | |
| Night Watch | |
| Forward Sweep | |
| Follow-Fashion (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest) | |
| Chop Up (Featuring M.anifest & M3nsa) | |
| Poison (Featuring Damon Albarn) | |
| Extinguished (Featuring Cheick Tidiane Seck) | |
| Rotary Connection | |
| Check Out | |
| There | |
| Worries | |
| Benko (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara & Damon Albarn) | |
| The Unfadable (Featuring M.anifest) | |
| Dam(n) (feat. Erykah Badu & M.anifest) | |
| Fatherless | |
| Leave-Taking |