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The Bus, The Bribe, The Shrine: Aphrodesia goes to Afrobeat Mecca on Lagos by Bus. Watching a large van of gesticulating American musicians in hot pursuit of Nigerian soldiers is an uncommon site in the city of Lagos. But the members of San Francisco band Aphrodesia had no choice. The band s new album, Lagos by Bus, (released on Cyberset Music) which uses Afrobeat as a backbone but also draws on Afro-Cuban music, Ghanaian Highlife, and jazz is named after this harrowing experience. Unlike most of the current wave of Afrobeat bands in the U.S., Aphrodesia does not simply pay tribute to Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, but seeks to create original music, with a diverse set of influences. They also have the rare trait of being led by, not one, but two women vocalists, whose hard-hitting songs alternate from chant to melodic song and tantalize the dance floor. And this time they went back to the source. Read more about their journey at the Cyberset website.