Last Poets & Tony Allen - Ft Egypt 80 - Africanism

Experience the profound legacy of The Last Poets with their new release, 'Africanism'. Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan revisit and re-energize some of their seminal works such as 'When The Revolution Comes', 'Gash Man' and 'Niggers Are Scared of Revolution', infusing them with fresh and potent new soundscapes. Joining the Poets are the late, great Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) - laying the album's foundations with legendary Afrobeat rhythms - Egypt 80 guitarist and bassist Akinola Adio Oyebola and Kunle Justice, jazz keyboardist Kaidi Tatham (dubbed as 'The UK's Herbie Hancock') and saxophonist Courtney Pine.

'Africanism' is the result of vibrant live sessions in Brooklyn and London, recorded and mixed by producer Prince Fatty. The album bridges spoken-word poetry with a bold fusion of Afrobeat and contemporary jazz, where live instruments amplify the Poets' raw and unflinching verses.

'Together, this stellar band of musicians completed an album that has few real predecessors and seems destined to become a cult favourite for many years to come.'
- Echoes Magazine

'Their tastes have never been so broad or all-encompassing, and so the music on this new Last Poets' album is as groundbreaking as their lyrics, and perfectly suited to the era that we're now living in.'
- John Masouri

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Afro Psych
(Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 - 1977)

Whilst the continents contribution to the global funk, boogie and disco canon has been well documented for decades, the strong presence of rock and psychedelia in 1970's African music has been a more slowly evolving story over the years.

Pockets of young Africans, turned on by Hendrix, the Doors, Santana and more, started to add heavy guitar riffs to rumbling, ever present funk, and built an afro psych scene that is still turning up gems to this day.

With Lagos an epicenter for the emergent scene, in 1972, local headquartered label Afrodisia was born near to the eye of the storm, and provides many of the tracks on this latest attempt to capture a bit of afro-psych magick.

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AFRICA AIRWAYS COMPILATIONS

Africa Airways One
(Funk Connection 1973-1980)
Africa Airways Two
(Funk Departures 1973-1982)
Africa Airways Three
(The Afro-Psych Excursion 1972-1984)
Africa Airways Four
(Disco Funk Touchdown 1976-1983)
Africa Airways Five
(Brace Brace Boogie 1976-1982)
Africa Airways Six
(Mile High Funk 1974 - 1981)

WELCOME TO AFRICA SEVEN

We are a record label. We may be based in Paris and London but our hearts firmly rooted in the universal motherland. We love African music, we want everyone to hear it and we want to spread the love. We are a collective of crate diggers, afro music-heads, label spotters and vinyl buying obsessives. We don't have any particular musical release agenda apart from,

"is it of African origin, does it have a beat? do we like it?".

Launching in 2015 with the "Africa Airways" compilation series, we've gone on to re-issue several long lost gems from across Africa from the likes of Pasteur Lappe, Manu Dibango, Jo Tongo, Ekambi Brillant, Momo Joseph, Jake Solo & Jo Bisso


BIENVENUE CHEZ AFRICA SEVEN

Nous sommes un groupe de collectionneurs de disques, passionnés de musique Afro, et dénicheurs de talents. Nous sommes basés à Paris et à Londres, mais notre cœur est fermement ancré dans la mère patrie universelle. Grands amoureux de musique africaine, notre ambition est de la répandre dans la monde entier avec pour seul mots d'ordre: rythme & groove!

Lancé en 2015 avec la série de compilations "Africa Airways", nous avons réédité plusieurs gros succès Africains, avec entre autres, les albums de légendes humaines tel que Pasteur Lappe, Manu Dibango, Jo Tongo, Ekambi Brillant, Tala AM, Momo Joseph, Jake Sollo et Jo Bisso.