Jimi Tenor brings his usual home-made instruments as well as members of his Kabu Kabu band that perform vintage keyboards, brass and traditional African percussion. Allen complements the band with his enviable drum work. The album was recorded at Lovelite Studios in Berlin during November 2008 with further sessions this year in Finland and Paris. The tracks started as jams that gradually evolved into fiery cohesive pieces. While most of the album is instrumental, there are also vocal parts with a great dose of dark humor that criticizes social and economic policies, following the Fela Kuti tradition of mixing music with social justice. Jimi Tenor and Tony Allen have created an impressive set of jams that reinvigorate the increasingly popular Afrobeat. Buy the recordings:
