SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 ANNOUNCE REMIX EP
HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
COMPANION TO 2014'S A LONG WAY TO THE BEGINNING
COMPANION TO 2014'S A LONG WAY TO THE BEGINNING
KUTI SHARES SIMBAD DUB REMIX OF "HIGHER CONCIOUSNESS,"
NEW LIVE VIDEO FROM PRIMAVERA
NEW LIVE VIDEO FROM PRIMAVERA
LISTEN & DOWNLOAD: Seun Kuti's "Higher Consciousness (Simbad Dub Remix)" off the Higher Consciousness EP via Soundcloud
WATCH: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 perform "Higher Consciousness" LIVE at Primavera 2014 via YouTube
PURCHASE: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Higher Conciousness Remixes EP via
Knitting Factory Records is pleased to announce Seun Kuti & Egypt 80's new Higher Conciousness Remixes EP, out digitally next Tuesday, June 9. The band have shared a stream and download of internationally acclaimed DJ & producer Simbad's dub remix of the title track on SoundCloud. The EP also includes stellar work from GRAMMY award-winning album producer Robert Glasper, fellow GRAMMY award-winning producer & composer Qmillion and cosmic dance duo In Flagranti.
Kuti & Egypt 80 will also be performing several dates across the US this summer, including festival stops at Electric Forest and Milwaukee's Summerfest. The band have shared a brand new live video, filmed at last year's Primavera festival, where one can get a good look at the incredible, unsurpassed live show from the Lagos-based scion and the extraordinary Egypt 80 band he inherited when his father, Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, died in 1997. The New York Times said of the band's fierce live performance, "The music changed constantly as the propulsion surged; the power of the rhythms redoubled the urgency of the messages...Mr. Kuti's Afrobeat makes its politics physical, its anger into momentum." NPR was more direct, stating "These tracks are for dancing - if you're not moving, something may well be wrong."
The newest record from the reigning prince of Afrobeat, A Long Way to the Beginning, was co-produced by Grammy winner Robert Glasper and features appearances from M-1 of dead prez,Blitz the Ambassador and Nneka. With a clenched fist and a blast of his alto-sax, "IMF" finds Seun Kuti launching into his tightest, most electrifying album yet. This time around no one escapes the Afrobeat warrior's ire: not corrupt Nigerian leaders or sly western powers. Not bankers, corporate greedheads or any lying, cheating international motherfucker anywhere. NPR's Morning Editionpoints out, "The music combines complex frenetic rhythms and call-and-response vocals with sharp social commentary." The Guardian said Long Way finds Seun handling "his father's esteemed Afrobeat legacy with aplomb...the playing is faster and harder, with some wonderfully intricate horn parts...and there are torrents of exhortations to young Africa." Time Out lauds the album's "impeccable polyrhythms" and the Boston Globe says it "channels pure political Fela, urgent and acerbic."
Kuti & Egypt 80 will also be performing several dates across the US this summer, including festival stops at Electric Forest and Milwaukee's Summerfest. The band have shared a brand new live video, filmed at last year's Primavera festival, where one can get a good look at the incredible, unsurpassed live show from the Lagos-based scion and the extraordinary Egypt 80 band he inherited when his father, Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, died in 1997. The New York Times said of the band's fierce live performance, "The music changed constantly as the propulsion surged; the power of the rhythms redoubled the urgency of the messages...Mr. Kuti's Afrobeat makes its politics physical, its anger into momentum." NPR was more direct, stating "These tracks are for dancing - if you're not moving, something may well be wrong."
The newest record from the reigning prince of Afrobeat, A Long Way to the Beginning, was co-produced by Grammy winner Robert Glasper and features appearances from M-1 of dead prez,Blitz the Ambassador and Nneka. With a clenched fist and a blast of his alto-sax, "IMF" finds Seun Kuti launching into his tightest, most electrifying album yet. This time around no one escapes the Afrobeat warrior's ire: not corrupt Nigerian leaders or sly western powers. Not bankers, corporate greedheads or any lying, cheating international motherfucker anywhere. NPR's Morning Editionpoints out, "The music combines complex frenetic rhythms and call-and-response vocals with sharp social commentary." The Guardian said Long Way finds Seun handling "his father's esteemed Afrobeat legacy with aplomb...the playing is faster and harder, with some wonderfully intricate horn parts...and there are torrents of exhortations to young Africa." Time Out lauds the album's "impeccable polyrhythms" and the Boston Globe says it "channels pure political Fela, urgent and acerbic."
Higher Consciousness Remix EP Track List
Higher Consciousness Dancehall Remix by Qmillion (feat. Everton E-Dee Dennis)
Higher Consciousness Remix by Simbad
Higher Consciousness Remix by DJ Logic & Adam Deitch
Higher Consciousness Remix by In Flagranti
IMF Remix by John Reynolds
IMF Remix by Robert Glasper (feat. Christian Scott & Robert Glasper)
Higher Consciousness Remix by Simbad
Higher Consciousness Remix by DJ Logic & Adam Deitch
Higher Consciousness Remix by In Flagranti
IMF Remix by John Reynolds
IMF Remix by Robert Glasper (feat. Christian Scott & Robert Glasper)
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Tour Dates
06/19/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
06/20/15 - Cleveland, OH @ The Cleveland Museum of Art
06/21/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Walker Art Center
06/23/15 - Chicago, IL @ SPACE
06/25/15 - Memphis, TN @ Levitt Shell at Overton Park
06/26/15 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at Taft Theatre
06/27/15 - Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest
06/26/15 - Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at Taft Theatre
06/27/15 - Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest
06/28/15 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
07/01/15 - Houston, TX @ Miller Outdoor Theatre
07/01/15 - Houston, TX @ Miller Outdoor Theatre
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