"Following the lead of Fela’s large ensemble, a floating village held together not just by musical bonds but by radical politics and social ties, N to The Power would be more than just a band. Embracing hybridity, it would cross notated music with punk’s anti-aesthetic of smash-it-up amateurism, jazz improvisation with what Jarvis calls the “intricate combinations of simple motifs” familiar from minimalism and Afrobeat—hypnotic, interlocked rhythms and melodies that, depending on where your consciousness wanders, shift between foreground and background, the aural equivalent of … read more
"Following the lead of Fela’s large ensemble, a floating village held together not just by musical bonds but by radical politics and social ties, N to The Power would be more than just a band. Embracing hybridity, it would cross notated music with punk’s anti-aesthetic of smash-it-up ama… read more
"Following the lead of Fela’s large ensemble, a floating village held together not just by musical bonds but by radical politics and social ties, N to The Power would be more than just a band. Embracing hybridity, it would cross notated music with punk’s anti-aesthetic of smash-it-up amateurism, jazz improvisation with what Jarvis calls the “intricate combin… read more
