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October 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Antibalas: Where The Gods Are In Peace

Antibalas Where The Gods Are In Peace Daptone The first new Antibalas album in five years is a rebuild – in many ways. The long-running American tribute to Afrobeat orchestra has shed several key members to top pop and indie bands (The Roots, The Black Keys, Mark Ronson, Arcade Fire) and has gathered up some […]

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March 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #194 – Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Wellington, 2010

I think maybe this was the most disappointing show I’ve been to based on expectation – shit I was looking forward to it. Antibalas as they’re now called – it used to be Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra – had released this fucking-killer record, called Who Is This America? And it had arrived to me in the […]

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July 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Antibalas: Antibalas

Antibalas Antibalas Daptone/Shock It’s a great sound that Antibalas pays tribute to, for they are, essentially, a Fela Kuti covers act. Oh, they write their own material, mostly. But it is a trace-around of the king of Afrobeat’s offerings, so much so that the band has been in the pit for the musical Fela! This […]