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May 23
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and Yerba Buena
Venue: Hothouse/ 31 E. Balbo 9pm, $20 (21 & Over)
312.362.9707
Recently featured on the Red Hot and Riot: The Music of Fela Kuti CD compilation, these two New York bands are hotter than ever! Antibalas (Spanish for "Bulletproof" literally "Anti-bullets") is the next generation of Afrobeat in the tradition of the Black President, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. This fourteen-plus piece band hits hard with the left and the right--monstrous horns and bass layered over funky polyrhythmic beats and breaks coupled with furious lyrics challenging and attacking the dehumanizing capitalist system and inciting insurrection in English, Yoruba, and Spanish. Yerba Buena's sound is a product of a rhythm-oriented group of up to twelve pieces, including horn section and percussion. 04/01/03
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