Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

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Antibalas is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modelled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music is primarily , their music incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa. Founded in winter 1998 by Martín Perna as "Conjunto Antibalas," the group played its inaugural concert in May of the following year. Over the course of the next few months, the group solidified with a core of eleven band members and began to deve… read more
Antibalas is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modelled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music is primarily , their music incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditio… read more
Antibalas is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modelled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music is primarily , their music incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa. Founded in winter 1998 by Martín… read more

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1 Play track Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1 Dirt And Blood
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2 Government Magic Che Che Cole
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3 Play track Daptone Gold Che Che Cole Makossa
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5 Play track Antibalas Dirty Money
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6 Play track Talkatif Gabes New Joint
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7 Talkatif War Is A Crime
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8 Who Is This America? Who is This America Dem Speak of Today?
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  1. 28,457 listeners

    Apr 2001 · 8 tracks

    Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1
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    25 Mar 2002 · 7 tracks

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  3. 16,170 listeners

    5 Mar 2007 · 7 tracks

    Security
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    1 Jan 2005 · 5 tracks

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