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Where does Afrobeat come from?
It comes from a part of Nigeria, the southern part of Nigeria. It was a 60’s thing influenced by, perhaps, the free jazz movement - the Americans. The chap who was at the vanguard of this all was Fela Anikulapo Kuti. He went through different forms of music - basically starting by playing High-life, which was common to West Africa then. And then modernising it, evolving it by, I believe, taking different elements of other forms of contemporary music then… Putting that together to form Afrobeat. At its best, Afrobeat would be whopping, exuberant, big band jazz.
What do Afrobeat records sound like?
Afrobeat is a mixture of different forms of music. When you listen to an Afrobeat band, the first thing you hear probably would be the jazz influence. Because a lot of times the harmonies are jazzy. And also there is a lot of improvisation involved in this music. Also, you hear the funk. Because funk, as the Americans play it, is actually West African traditional music. Very repetitive, very groovy. Very exuberant. The electric piano is at the soul of the music. As well, you hear echoes of classical music in, perhaps, the way the themes are structured, the arrangements as they are. Afrobeat really is just a way of putting together all those influences and mixing them with traditional African harmonies and rhythm. So, it is very powerful emotionally.
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