#1178 VA - Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

Skittery polyrhythms, looping, dubby bass, and then a big blast of whatever you got over top, chants, cries, horn squeals, guitar jaunt, shapes of rock and pop and funk and jazz appearing almost by coincidence. Fans of Tropicalia will find a familiar feel, but beware that beat, that skitterey insistence keeps things taut and tense even as the rest of the music tries to hypnotize and hook. A wooly, knotty little piece of something sure to please the adventurous 3.5/5