TEACHER DON'T TEACH ME NONSENSE: A huge influence on world music, Nigerian artist Fela Kuti played many instruments, pioneered afrobeat music and served as a prominent activist for human rights in Africa. This 1984 documentary examines the life and music of the remarkable man. Using his music to raiseawareness, Kuti embraced social justice themes. He died in 1997 of complications from AIDS. Footage from his legendary show in Glastonbury, England, is included. (59 mins) (Documentary). BERLINER JAZZTAGE '78: Originally broadcast on German and Nigerian television, Berliner Jazztage '78 (1978) is ... [Read More]
The fury stirred up among the Nigerian police and military by Fela’s confrontational Alagbon Close (1974) and Kalakuta Show (1976), and the beatings and harassments Fela and Africa 70 suffered as a consequence, were as nothing compared to the reprisals following 1976’s Zombie. Within months of its release, a brutal army attack left Fela’s Kalakuta Republic compound burnt to the ground and many of its residents, including Fela, assaulted and seriously injured. On the title track, over an urgent, quick-march accompaniment from Afrika 70, Fela and the backup singers ridicule the mindset of ... [Read More]
Power Show is the final batch of Fela CD re-releases. It covers the '80s and early '90s when Fela's band changed from Africa '70 to the larger Egypt '80. It was during this era that Fela consistently toured internationally bringing Afrobeat to the world. Fela's compositions grew more complex, songs longer but no less funky. Many Fela fans feel this era to hold some of his crowning achievements like the masterfully produced Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense or the political powerhouse that is I.T.T. Fela's political statements also began to veer beyond Africa to the U.N. as on Beasts of No Nation... [Read More]
The Complete Works CD Box Set contains 51 albums on 29 CDs spanning Fela’s entire career. This new Deluxe Edition includes bonus rarities plus two previously unreleased tracks. The box set also contains DVD documentary ‘A Slice Of Fela,’ which features live performances from Berlin Jazz festival and Glastonbury, as well as a 52-page booklet with Fela’s biography and album commentaries by Chris May.
2CD+DVD. Universal Deluxe Sound & Vision series collects his Best of along with his popular Music is the Weapon album from the '70's. Also included is a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 0).
It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, is no exception. Like all of Fela's recordings from the era, LIVE! consists of just a few tracks, each of which approximates or exceeds the ten minute mark. Yet the arrangements are so dynamic on these tracks, the criss-crossing polyrhythms so absorbing, and Fela's incantatory vocals so entrancing that the long running times never seem a factor. Every cut crackles from beginning to end with its mixture of funk, ... [Read More]
Power Show is the final batch of Fela CD re-releases. It covers the '80s and early '90s when Fela's band changed from Africa '70 to the larger Egypt '80. It was during this era that Fela consistently toured internationally bringing Afrobeat to the world. Fela's compositions grew more complex, songs longer but no less funky. Many Fela fans feel this era to hold some of his crowning achievements like the masterfully produced Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense or the political powerhouse that is I.T.T. Fela's political statements also began to veer beyond Africa to the U.N. as on Beasts of No Nation... [Read More]
Best Of The Black President signifies the rebirth of Knitting Factory Records. Earlier in 2009, KFR licensed the 45 album Fela Kuti catalog. Over the next 18 months, remasters of all the Fela CD's will be re-released in unique digi-paks with the original artwork. KFR will also re-release all the titles on vinyl for the first time in North America. Additionally, KFR will be giving the first official release to the entire Koola Lobitos catalogue--this was Fela's highlife band which he fronted through the 60's. Best Of The Black President compiles 13 of the most popular Fela compostions. The delu... [Read More]
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