FRI 5TH MARCH
With Dead Dog and Chris Gill
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ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
Direct from Brooklyn, New York, for the first time in Australia … the ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA. Celebrating the sound founded by Nigerian legend Fela Kuti, the group has captured the fat, wall-of-brass horn passages, grounded by that ever-present baritone, and layered, polyrhythmic grooves that raise 70’s funk to a spiritual plane.
Although their music is primarily Afrobeat, it incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa. The Antibalas sound is so varied, the likes of Amy Winehouse, TV On The Radio and Public Enemy have reached out to work with the group. Most recently, the Antibalas horn section joined The Roots in backing Paul Sion the Jimmy Fallon show.
When Jay Z decided to take on Broadway, he invited Antibalas to join him in producing Fela, his debut stage show about the life of one of music’s true heroes. If your talking Afrobeat in 2010 you have to be talking about ANTIBALAS. In the words of Pitchfork “they lead the pack”.
ANTIBALAS is Spanish for “bulletproof” and that word just about sums up the ANTIBALAS live experience. The 11 piece group have moved crowds from Rikers Island Prison to Carnegie Hall, from Tokyo to Turkey and now Australia for the very first time.
