Episode 36 · Afrobeat
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Afrobeat as satire and as shield. We follow how a long, groove-heavy track pointed straight at power and why it still carries its sting.
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ZombieFela Kuti · A groove with a target
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This is a song you can dance to and a song with a target. We unpack the layering of the rhythm section, the call-and-response between band and singer, and the way the length of the track is part of the argument.
Marcus Reyes supplies the history, Jade Monroe listens to the arrangement like a producer, and Rio Castillo confesses that the horns are why he came to the genre in the first place.