VA - Wanted Afrobeat (2017)

Afrobeat is a music genre which developed in the 1970s out of a combination of West African musical styles, such as highlife and yoruba, with American funk and jazz, with a focus on chanted vocals and percussion. The genre features chants, call-and-response vocals, and complex, interacting rhythms. A key figure in its development is Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti who popularised the style both within and outside Nigeria. It was partially borne out of an attempt to distinguish Kuti's music from the "soul music" of American artists such as James Brown.

Track List:

01. Les As Du Benin – Wait For Me (3:18)
02. Pat Thomas – Yamona (10:00)
03. Wallias Band – Muziqawi Silt (Instrumental) (3:44)
04. Girma Beyene – Ene Negn Bay Manesh (4:00)
05. Mulatu Astatke – Yegelle Tezeta (3:14)
06. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu – Love And Death (8:18)
07. Peter King – African Dialects (4:50)
08. Livy Ekemezie – Delectation (4:27)
09. Max Cilla – La Flute Des Mornes (7:40)
10. Orlando Julius – Disco Hi-Life (8:52)
11. Pat Thomas – Awurade Mpaebo (3:23)
12. Tony Allen – Cella’s Walk (5:14)
13. Mulatu Astatke – Yekermo Sew (4:12)
14. Mahmoud Ahmed – Mar Teb Yelal Kafesh (3:37)
15. Hirut Beqele & Police Orchestra – Ewnetegna Feqer (3:13)
16. Alemayehu Eshete – Tchero Adari Negn (4:26)
17. Samuel Belay – Aynotchesh Yerefu (3:06)
18. Ogyatanaa Show Band With Pat Thomas – Yaa Amponsah (7:05)
19. International Orchestra Safari Sound – Homa Imenizidia (5:01)
20. C.K Mann & His Carousel 7 – Do Me Ma Mondo Wo Bi (3:04)