Fela anikulapo kuti 15 october 1938 2 august 1997, also professionally known as fela kuti, or simply fela, was a nigerian multiinstrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the afrobeat music genre and human rights activist. Buy fela kuti s album titled yellow fever to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to. Underground system was among the better recordings of fela s late career, comprised of two extended tracks, the title cut and pansa pansa. Whether he was drumming for hours at fela s allnight shows at his club, the shrine, or performing on africa 70s stream of classic albums, including roforofo fight, yellow fever and kalakuta. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of africas most challenging and charismatic music performers. Zombie was the most popular and impacting record that fela anikulopo kuti and africa 70 would record it ignited the nation to follow fela s lead and antagonize the military zombies that had the population by the throat. Fela kuti was born on october 15, 1938 in abeokuta, nigeria as olufela olusegum oludotun ransome kuti. One of the most powerful and influential stars in african music, fela kuti was a human rights campaigner and political activist as well as an.
Download yellow fever song on and listen fela anikulapo kuti vol 5. The spiritualism and political philosophy of fela kuti. Listen free to fela kuti yellow fever yellow fever, na poi 1975 version. Smooth, slowburning yellow fever to start, followed by a heavyhitting synthfueled concoction driven by fela s classic political witticisms on na poi 75. So much truth and political wisdom in these tracks. Underground system starts off with rhythms that are far faster and more urgent than those on most of fela s characteristically lengthy tracks.
Yellow fever opens with a couple of measures of guitar and bass interplay that sets up the standard funkjazz vamp. Different different fever na him dey different different fever na him dey different differ. Yellow fever was originally released in 1976, during fela s. I go someplace i see the place i sing this i sing alako eh alako o them vex, them pain dem say i sing this song i sing calacuta show ooo calacuta show i sing zombie i sing no bread i sing monkey dey walk baboon dey chop i sing song before i jump like monkey give me banana yes sir before i jump like monkey yes sire give me banana yes sir. In reflection i see brilliant flashes all of the amazing artists whose sweat blood and prowess made this show what it is. The best of the black president 2 out now world music. Ngendo named after fela kutis song yellow fever in. Nigerian singer who was a key figure in the development of afrobeat, blending agitprop lyrics and dance rhythms as a medium for social protest. Music of many colours is a joint album between roy ayers and fela kuti, recorded after a three week tour of nigerias major cities in 1979, during which roy ayers performed as the opening act for fela s band. The entire mid70s found fela kuti and his afrika 70 really honing in on their signature sound. Zombie is a studio album by nigerian afrobeat musician fela kuti.
Fela was an institution in nigerias social and political life, creating local idioms that have become very much part of the local vernacular writes professor adekeye adebajo, director of the institute for panafrican thought and conversation ipatc. This particular album is a good place to start if you lean more towards james brown style groove. Previously only available as part of the box set series, the reissue features original album artwork designed by lemi ghariokwu, who created the cover art for around half of fela s albums. Buy yellow fever 1976 by fela kuti on partisan records store.
Afrobeat, his gift to the world, is now an international staple on his own uncompromising terms, social content intact. Zombie mil fela kuti free internet radio slacker radio. Olufela olusegun oludotun ransome kuti 15 october 1938 2 august 1997. See more ideas about fela kuti, black presidents, african music. Knitting factory records is proud to reissue fela kuti s yellow fever on vinyl.
Knitting factorys comprehensive, multiformat, fela kuti reissue program. Kuti has been a vocal advocate of hivaids prevention since 1997, when his father, fela anikulapo kuti, founder of afrobeat music, died of the disease. Yellow fever, released in 1976, sits right up there with no agreement 1977 and confusion 1975 both in terms of quality of the groove and fela s tact in putting out his message. This is a discography for fela anikulapo kuti, or simply fela, a nigerian multiinstrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick. Fela kuti s oeuvre is so uniquely suited to the vinyl box set that, had the format not already existed, his music might very well have forced us. Knitting factory records reissue fela kuti s yellow fever on vinyl, previously only available as part of the box set series. Nigerian icon and afrobeat originator fela kuti passed away 15 years ago but to. Check out yellow fever by fela kuti on amazon music. Yellow fever mp3 song download fela anikulapo kuti vol 5.
If that sounds like a marginal quality upon which to judge a song as a standout, well, something. See more ideas about beyonce run the world, fela kuti and destinys child. Yellow fever fela kuti to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Plus a 16x24 poster designed by nigerian artist lemi ghariokwu, the creative force behind 26 of fela kuti s album covers, as well as a 20page booklet featuring essays written by erykah badu, seven indepth commentaries by veteran music journalist and afrobeat historian chris may, song lyrics, and never before published photos of fela kuti. Between 15 october 1938, when he was born olufela olusegun oludotun ransome kuti in abeokuta, nigeria to an educationist father rev. Yellow fever 1976 fela kuti from the lp yellow fever cd release 1997. This is a discography for fela anikulapo kuti, or simply fela, a nigerian multi instrumentalist. It was a subject fela returned to on 1976s yellow fever, whose title track attacked the craze for skin whitening creams among african women, and 1977s johnny just drop, whose title track lampooned the social pretensions of africans returning home after working or studying abroad. Pdf social messaging is the use of music as a channel to persuade, control or advance social causes.
It was released in nigeria by coconut records in 1976, and in the united kingdom by creole records in 1976. New afrika shrine the venue which was opened by felas children femi and. I recall convincing the producer to put an exclamation point at the end of fela s name so that people might pronounce it right. Create a custom radio station from your favorite songs by fela kuti on iheartradio. The insights of fela s children femi, yeni, and seun are particularly interesting as their father treated them like other members of his commune, insisting they call him fela, not. Over a decade after his death, vindication has come to fela kuti, africas musical genius. Following previous fela kuti assemblages by questlove, ginger baker and brian eno, this fourth set of seven lps was curated by erykah badu, ranging from 1976s yellow fever. Fela kuti the best of the black president 2 20, cd. By prof adekeye adebajo this month marks the 20th anniversary of the death of legendary afrobeat superstar fela anikulapo kuti.
Yellow fever 1976 by fela kuti, released 11 may 2010 1. Reply notify me helpful monzisez april 24, 2016 report. Named after fela kuti s song yellow fever in which he critiqued the use of bleaching products by nigerian women, i made this film to look at how. Femi kuti first became associated with unicef when he contributed an essay to the progress of nations, a unicef publication, describing what becomes possible when nations invest in children. One of fela s finest tracks 1976 with africa 70 the groove on yellow fever is so tight, builds up very nicely like all fela tracks the laidback guitar riffthe drums, the horns, the female vocal layers but below that infectious groove there is a deeper message na poi 75 on the flip. We have a local selection of products that ship direct from rough trade nyc. Knitting factory records reissue music of many colours on black 140g vinyl with digital download code.
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