Afrobeat Song Review: Insurrection by The Souljazz Orchestra [5/5]
08 Jan 2008 09:26 PM / Filed in: Music
[Afrobeat] Insurrection by The Souljazz Orchestra
From the album Freedom Go No Die.
I discovered this band a few weeks earlier thanks to Radio Nova, a radio I listen to quite often. And I had quite a hard time finding the album in France. As a last resort, I got it from iTunes Store.
I've never heard something as innovative in the Afrobeat landscape as Insurrection, save for Antibalas. It has a very Funky tone made of an elaborate intertwinement of African and Occidental Drums with warm Saxophones. The Musical genre created by Fela Kuti is alive and kicking! Freedom Go No Die features other excellent songs such as Mista President and The Blind Leading The Blind. While these songs are very solid and serious Afrobeat, they didn't sound as new and challenging wrt to the Afrobeat sound I am used to hear elsewhere as Insurrection. My buying advice? get a look at the rating, you don't need me to tell you that you can get this one without further thinking. And if you don't like the Music, maybe you can't resist the beauty of the cover art which I just find awesome!
Meta information:
From the album Freedom Go No Die.
I discovered this band a few weeks earlier thanks to Radio Nova, a radio I listen to quite often. And I had quite a hard time finding the album in France. As a last resort, I got it from iTunes Store.
I've never heard something as innovative in the Afrobeat landscape as Insurrection, save for Antibalas. It has a very Funky tone made of an elaborate intertwinement of African and Occidental Drums with warm Saxophones. The Musical genre created by Fela Kuti is alive and kicking! Freedom Go No Die features other excellent songs such as Mista President and The Blind Leading The Blind. While these songs are very solid and serious Afrobeat, they didn't sound as new and challenging wrt to the Afrobeat sound I am used to hear elsewhere as Insurrection. My buying advice? get a look at the rating, you don't need me to tell you that you can get this one without further thinking. And if you don't like the Music, maybe you can't resist the beauty of the cover art which I just find awesome!
Meta information:
- Rating: 5/5
- Label: Do Right!
- Release year: 2006
- Related Artists: Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Antibalas, The Souljazz Orchestra, Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators, Kokolo, Akoya, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Budos Band, Nomo