
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 |