EZRA COLLECTIVE’S NEW ALBUM “HERE BECAUSE OF HOPE” TRACES THE MOVEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE ACROSS CONTINENTS AND DECADES, FROM THE MUSIC OF AFRICA TO THE RHYTHMS OF THE CARIBBEAN AND HOME TO THE STREETS OF LONDON, REACHING ACROSS THE FULL BREADTH OF THE GLOBAL AFRICAN DIASPORA.
WHY DOES SO MUCH BLACK MUSIC BORN OUT OF PAIN SOUND SO JOYFUL? THEIR ANSWER IS HOPE: THE BELIEF, CARRIED ACROSS GENERATIONS AND OCEANS, THAT SOMETHING BETTER IS POSSIBLE.
REACHING ACROSS THE FULL BREADTH OF THE GLOBAL AFRICAN DIASPORA
CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA FROM TOKYO, JAPAN, OFFERS A RICH VARIETY, INCLUDING AFROBEAT WITH DISTINCT HOOKS AND MELODY LINES ON THEIR NEW ALBUM “M.T.T.”
MINYO CRUSADERS’ NEW ALBUM “FROM JAPAN WITH LOVE” IS A VIBRANT RE-IMAGINATION OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE FOLK SONGS (MIN’YŌ) THROUGH THE LENS OF GLOBAL RHYTHMS, CREATING SOME OF THE MOST INFECTIOUS MUSIC BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND JAPAN.
TRACKLIST:
1. JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA – OLD MAN COUNTRY
2. DOGU FEAT. NASE AVATAR – GULU CITY
3. MINYO CRUSADERS – SHIGESA BUSHI
4. JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA – SECRET DEFENCE
5. SANDMAN PROJECT – QUESTIONS ANSWERS
6. LAGOS THUGS – NDDEP (NA DEM DAY ENJOY PASS)
7. MINYO CRUSADERS FEAT. FRENTE CUMBIERO – KOKIRIKO BUSHI
8. EZRA COLLECTIVE – SOMEDAY
9. FUTURE ROOTS – YIRIBA
10. PAX NICHOLAS – MIND YOUR BUSINESS
11. MARLA KETHER FEAT. REEK0 – RUN THE TRACK
12. EZRA COLLECTIVE – EL CORAZON
13. UFO COLLECTIVE – DESERT ROOTS
14. EZRA COLLECTIVE – BUNNY ON THE RISE
15. ARKY STARCH – TIME IS TICKING
16. BLACK DIAMONDS – DE SEH SEH
17. MINYO CRUSADERS – HOKKAI BONUTA
18. EZRA COLLECTIVE – THE LAST STAND
19. JARIBU AFROBEAT ARKESTRA – M.T.T. (MONEY TALK TALK OR MAD TYRANT T.)