輸入雑誌/文章は英語で記載

year/2010

country/US

label/Wax Poetics

ソウル、ファンク、ジャズ、 ヒップホップを中心に最も質の高い音楽を届ける超良質雑誌「Wax Poetics」の英語版US Issue 39号。

Africa Issue/アフリカ特集。Fela Kuti、Tony Allen、Rich Medinas Record Rundown、VooDoo Frank、Shafiq、Fanga & Ghana Special、An Excerpt From Fela、This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore、Vincent Ahehehinnou、Singer Vincent Ahehehinnou brought the funk to Benin’s Orchestre Poly-Rythmo、Pax Nicholas、Afrobeat masterpiece.、Ghariokwu Lemi、The Rail Band、Orchestra Baobabといった幅広いミュージシャンと音楽の貴重な記事を収めている。英語版であるが、この本を読まずして真のミュージック・ラヴァーとは言えない？



The start of 2010 marks the first time Wax Poetics has devoted an entire issue to modern African music. And it all points back to the first Black President, Fela Kuti, who, with drummer Tony Allen, created an Afrobeat shockwave felt throughout the continent.



Fela Kuti

“When did I start calling my music Afro-beat? Let me tell you. I was playing highlife jazz when Geraldo Pino came to town in ’66 or a bit earlier with soul. That’s what upset everything, man. He came to town with James Brown’s music...”



Tony Allen

“I think of all Fela’s talents, he was the best arranger of the horns that I have ever run across. I would tell him, without his formal education, he would not have been what he was! This is what is missing when you hear people try to do Afrobeat today. All the focus nowadays is attitude, attitude. Not on the



Vincent Ahehehinnou

“Orchestre Poly-Rythmo have done many tracks based on the influence we got from James Brown. He had more influence on our music than Fela. Back in the days, there was no band from Benin who didn’t have something in their repertoire influenced by James Brown. But there were very few who did Afrobeat; it was less interesting for local bands, as it was very close to what we had here already.”