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Track Listings
| 1. Black Voices feat. Clip Payne |
| 2. Asiko |
| 3. Get Together feat. Mudbone Cooper |
| 4. The Same Blood |
| 5. Ariya |
| 6. Asiko [Original] |
| 7. Get Together [Original] |
| 8. Black Voices (We Are What We Play Mix) [Original] |
| 9. The Same Blood [Original] |
| 10. Ariya Psyche (Juju Mix) [Original] |
Product Description
Songlines, (Nigel Williamson), July 2011
(4 stars) A stunning maelstrom of shimmering, subtly dubbed grooves, with keys and bass weaving irresistibly around Allen's complex rhythms.
CD Description
Fela Kuti's drummer and musical director Tony Allen completely rewrote the book on what was possible within the Afrobeat genre with his groundbreaking 1999 album, 'Black Voices'. This re-issue contains the original tracks, mixed by Doctor L, from that release together with the previously unreleased session recordings. The album features Michael 'Clip' Payne and Gary 'Mudbone' Cooper (Parliament - Funkadelic). Sixty years old at the time, Allen took the classic AfroBeat sound and fused it with dub and "DJ" sounds. After the recording sessions were complete, the tracks were mixed without Allen's input by the DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist Doctor L. Doctor L took the mesmerizing rhythms and musical progressions that Allen created and he spun them into a stunningly modern sound, filled them with bright organ lines, as well as adding the occasional clavinet and more formal "dub DJ" effects. This re-issue includes for the first time the original unaltered session recordings for which Tony Allen enlisted a group of talented musicians including Michael 'Clip' Payne and Gary 'Mudbone' Cooper, both members of the Parliament- Funkadelic collective. Listening to these tracks one is left in awe at the sheer energy and spirit of Allen, who is still making remarkable recordings under his own name and as a member of Damon Albarn's The Good, The Bad and the Queen.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
AFROBEAT-FUKADELIC fans will love this visionary release from Comet Records. Tony Allen, drummer/bandleader for the late Fela Kuti, free styles his should-be-patented afrobeat grooves amidst percussive guitars, wha-distorted keyboards, flamed djembes and loud, driving bass and brass while P-Funk All-Stars vocalists Clip Payne and Mudbone Cooper coax you into the psycho sexual dance mix. This music makes hip-hop sound really dull.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Exciting and innovative, this album is a work of true musical mastership. If you love deep driving throbbing funkadelic African groove (or if you want to find out if you do!) buy it.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A Fela Flashback!
29 Dec 1999
Format:Audio CD
TONY ALLEN's "Black Voices" CD is a downtempo percussion parade from the former drummer in FELA KUTRI's band.
Filled with african rhythyms, deep bouncy basslines that swoon back and forth, I was shocked at how much I liked this CD. Which is amazing since there about 6 tracks with 2 versions of 2 tracks, to give you a total of 8 tracks. Some tracks could definitely get airplay in a more progessive crowd and some hark back to traditional percussions.
Not a must have, but a CD worth checking out if you're into World music or percussions.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
AFROBEAT-FUNKADELIC 2000
27 Feb 2000
Format:Audio CD
AFROBEAT & FUNKADELIC fans will not be disappointed in this visionary import release from Comet Records (Paris). Tony Allen, drummer/bandleader for the late Fela Kuti, free styles his should-be-patented afrobeat grooves amidst percussive guitars, wha-distorted keyboards, flamed djembes and loud, driving bass and brass while P-Funk All-Stars vocalists Clip Payne and Mudbone Cooper coax you into the psycho sexual dance mix. This music makes most hip-hop sound really dull.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Afrobeat2000!
4 Feb 2000
Format:Audio CD
AFROBEAT-FUKADELIC fans will not be disappointed with this visionary release from Comet Records (Paris). Tony Allen, drummer/bandleader for the late Fela Kuti, free styles his should-be-patented afrobeat grooves amidst percussive guitars, wha-distorted keyboards, flamed djembes and loud, driving bass and brass while P-Funk All-Stars vocalists Clip Payne and Mudbone Cooper coax you into the psycho sexual dance mix. This music makes hip-hop sound really dull.
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