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GANGBE BRASS BAND
Whendo
Producer: Contre Jour
World Village
Release Date: Oct. 11
Anyone unfamiliar with West African juju and highlife music may be surprised by the concept of an African brass band. Gangbe is a 10-piece brass band from Benin, and it is not into John Philip Sousa. Rather, it is very much in the tradition of horn-driven music that has been a vital feature of the West African musical landscape for decades. Gangbe's sound calls on wide-ranging influences, from voodoo chants to mambo and Afrobeat. Benin shares border with Nigeria, and as juju. highlife and the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti are Nigerian forms, it is not unexpected that Nigerian music has the most pronounced influence on the Gangbe sound. "Whendo" is a lively, upbeat piece of work that sparkles with West African dance energy
-PVV
10/11/05
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