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tony allen - film of a life - harmonia mundi - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African - Nigeria

1. Moving On
2. Boat Journey
3. Tiger's Skip
4. Ewa
5. Afro Kungfu Beat
6. Koko Dance
7. Go Back
8. Ire Omo
9. African Man
10. Tony Wood
11. Na Bangui
12. Mojo
13. Insider

For his tenth album, the human metronome of afrobeat has pulled out all the stops. At his side are The Jazzbastards, a trio of producers at the cutting edge of contemporary sound, and fellow world-class musicians, including Damon Albarn, who continues to build pioneering bridges between Africa and today’s music scene. Check!

Tony Allen has given us an album that has the ring of a true self-portrait, an overview of his rich and exemplary career that brings together bebop, afrobeat jazz and psychedelic pop. For the wizard of Lagos, who has always thought of his drums “as an orchestra” and who likes “to make them sing”, Film of Life marks the pinnacle of his achievement.