| All Artists: Antibalas Title: Who Is This America Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rykodisc UK Release Date: 1/13/2008 Album Type: Import Genres: International Music, Pop, R&B Styles: Africa, Funk Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 014431604829 |
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 | Antibalas Who Is This America Genres: International Music, Pop, R&B As a hard-hitting Afro-beat orchestra that embellishes vintage Fela-style grooves with touches of gritty funk and fiery salsa, Antibalas quickly won over a sizable local audience in New York City with its sweaty live shows... more » |
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Amazon.com As a hard-hitting Afro-beat orchestra that embellishes vintage Fela-style grooves with touches of gritty funk and fiery salsa, Antibalas quickly won over a sizable local audience in New York City with its sweaty live shows and relentlessly danceable rhythms. But while the band's past two efforts sounded fresh amidst a landscape of retro-rock cool, the discs never measured up to the band's galvanizing live show: Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1 was a piecemeal effort of live and studio material; Talkatif was woefully short. Now on Who Is This America, the band constructs a great-sounding 70-minute studio effort where the seven songs are skillfully woven together, not because they all sound like one long Afro-beat song, but because there is imaginative arrangements and tasty musicianship. Here multiple percussion players are the launch pad and the funky horn charts ignite liftoff whether it's the tightly wound "Indictment" or the slowly building "Sister." Undoubtedly the band's finest work to date. --Tad Hendrickson Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsLong live antibalas OysterCranium | Asheville, NC | 08/21/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "let's face it, antibalas can do no wrong. all the way from "liberation..." and "talkatif" to "who is this america?" every album a must have. this album brings political awareness to the forefront along with tight percussion, pulsating horns and thought-provoking lyrics. but i have to admit, to get the full antibalas experience, i highly recommend going to one of their shows where you can't help but dance until the very end. antibalas deserves respect, not just as musicians, but also as caring citizens of this world who strive to bring issues to the ears of many who are deaf and make this world a more aware and peaceful place to live. with everything going on in the world today, we need more bands like antibalas." Antibalas- is more than its music N. Jacobson | 07/10/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "After many years of anticipation, I saw Antibalas in NYC. Being from LA- and somewhat distant-at least geogrphically- it was a blissful experience. Antibalas, has become more entrenched in its political ideology. Unabashedly anti establishment, the album is provactively inducive. Despite the instrumental monotony throughout its albums, Antibalas delivers this time. From the graphics of the CD cover to its lyrics, it indeed questioning of our system. Political Economy, Globalization, Racism, philosophy, history; it is all here. Cant wait to see the Antibalas again in LA." Great recording but you've gotta see them live Groove fan | Ypsi, MI | 07/08/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This band truly dedicates themselves to the feel of the groove. Their live show is full of energy that defies you to remain still....truly something to behold."
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