ALBUM OF THE WEEK: LA BOA MEETS TONY ALLEN – LA BOA MEETS TONY ALLEN (COMET RECORDS)
ACROSS THIS ALBUM, TONY ALLEN’S RECORDINGS LAY DOWN THE CANVAS UPON WHICH LA BOGOTÁ ORQUESTA AFROBEAT PAINTS ITS OWN VISION OF AFROBEAT —RAW AND EXPANSIVE, LOCKING STEP WITH HIS DRUM TRACKS WHILE BUILDING AROUND THE UNMISTAKABLE BLUEPRINT OF THEIR COLOMBIAN RHYTHMS: EXUDING CARIBBEAN BEAT, ROLLING WITH PACIFIC GROOVE, AND, ABOVE ALL, SHAPED BY THE RAREFIED AIR OF THE ANDEAN MELTING POT THAT IS BOGOTÁ.
ALSO IN THIS GLOBAL RIDDIMS EPISODE WE PRESENT NEW WORK FROM DOWDELIN, BLACK FLOWER, THE LEWIS EXPRESS FT CHIP WICKHAM, OMAR PERRY, GERARDO FRISINA, BAB L’BLUZ (GITKIN REMIX) AND A TRACK FROM TONY ALLEN, OGHENE KOLOGBO AND CARAPAUS AFROBEAT TAKEN FROM THE LEGENDARY AFROBEAT COMPILATION GLOBAL AFROBEAT MOVEMENT ON NYP RECORDS (LINK TO A FREE DOWNLOAD IN COMMENTS)