AFRICA XPRESS
Product Description
Artist: Various
If your preconceived notion of African music is something along the lines of a mélange of simple beat patterns and tribal chants, allow Shakti Records to provide you with a fresh definition. AFRICAN XPRESS focuses on African music of the nu-school variety, where West African traditions are deftly fused with electronic club and trip-hop beats, tranced-out keyboard effects, mellow acid jazz textures and a healthy dose of funk. This is no arbitrarily chosen roster either; you have tracks from Afrobeat's leading innovators Afro Celt Sound System, Ethiopian star Gigi, blast-from-the-past nouveau soul pioneer Tony Allen, Malian experimentalist Issa Bagayogo and many more. Welcome to the new sound of Africa!
If your preconceived notion of African music is something along the lines of a mélange of simple beat patterns and tribal chants, allow Shakti Records to provide you with a fresh definition. AFRICAN XPRESS focuses on African music of the nu-school variety, where West African traditions are deftly fused with electronic club and trip-hop beats, tranced-out keyboard effects, mellow acid jazz textures and a healthy dose of funk. This is no arbitrarily chosen roster either; you have tracks from Afrobeat's leading innovators Afro Celt Sound System, Ethiopian star Gigi, blast-from-the-past nouveau soul pioneer Tony Allen, Malian experimentalist Issa Bagayogo and many more. Welcome to the new sound of Africa!
