Global A Go-Go presents:
The fundamental nature of being
The Shaolin Afronauts are an 11-piece ensemble from Adelaide, Australia who describe their sound as “interstellar futurist afro-soul” influenced equally by Fela Kuti and Sun Ra. After three excellent albums of progressive Afrobeat in the early 2010s, they went silent from recording for eight years.
Now they’re back with their most audacious project yet: a five-album box set of all original material called The Fundamental Nature Of Being that expands the band’s sonic vision to incorporate experimental and new age electronica, Ethio-jazz, South African marabi, West Africa’s post-colonial big band sounds, psychedelic rock and more alongside with their origins in Afrobeat and spiritual jazz. It’s a sprawling set, unwieldy at times, brilliant at others, and so much more ambitious than anything I’ve heard all year.
This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday October 30, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards on the wrir.org archive player, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site) I’ve selected three tracks from The Fundamental Nature Of Being to give you an idea of what’s inside the tin. You’ll also hear a whole lot of new African music: highlife-jazz from Ghana, Afropop out of Guineé-Bissau and Togo, young Nigerians playing Afrobeat, Wassoulou rock from Burkina Faso, and a smoking new reissue of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Benin.
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Show Archive
Play show / Add show to playlistPlaylist:
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global A Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, “Love Supreme”
from Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi-Life Jazz
Agogo Records - 2022
Ghana
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The Shaolin Afronauts, “Inside the Flame Burns Brightly Still”
from The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part Two
Freestyle Records - 2022
Australia
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The Shaolin Afronauts, “Sun Spiral”
from The Fundamental Nature of Being, Pt. 3
Freestyle Records - 2022
Australia
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The Shaolin Afronauts, “Sugar John”
from The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part Two
Freestyle Records - 2022
Australia
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Lagos Thugs, “Innocent Blood (Let It Be Known)”
from Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement Vol. 3
NYP - 2022
Nigeria
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Tony Allen, “No Discrimination”
from Afro Disco Beat
Blue Scholars / Light in the Attic - 2007
Nigeria, 1979
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Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band, “Sonbanbela”
from Sonbonbela
Sublime Frequencies - 2022
Burkina Faso
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Moussa Doumbia, “Keleya (Original 45 Version)”
from Keleya
Oriki Music - 2007
Mali-Côte d'Ivoire, 1974
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The Wonderful Alex Konadu's Band, “W'awu Do Ho No”
from Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana
Soundway Records Ltd - 2020
Ghana, 1976
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T.p. Orchestre Poly-rythmo & Gabo Brown, “It's a Vanity”
from Afro-Funk
Acid Jazz UK - 2021
Benin, 1970s
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Dr. Victor Olaiya's International All Stars, “Omelebele”
from Lagos Chop Up
Honest Jon's Records - 2011
Nigeria, 1971
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go October 30th, 2022
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