Future Pasts by Konkolo Orchestra - Rocafort Records [ROCLP012] FLAC download included with physical items
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Future Pasts

Konkolo Orchestra

A 8 track afrobeat album (53m 19s) — released January 26th 2024 on Rocafort Records

#world #afrobeat

NEW COLOURED VINYL: SOLID RED

Konkolo Orchestra is a Zürich/Switzerland based project initiated by multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Alexis Malefakis. With strong jazzy afrobeat and highlife references, Konkolo Orchestra pays homage to musical innovators such as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Tony Oladipo Allen, Ebo Taylor and many more.

This first album continues the warm, vibrant, percussive motif of the hugely popular "Blue G." single of 2022. For those who like their music to inspire journey and movement, this album is the equivalent of gatecrashing a wedding party where even granny can get her groove on.

Malefakis is hardly rewriting the afrobeat textbook here, but his production charms the listener with a confident mastery of the genre. His compositions have a distinct personality and a tight structure, and are peppered with a talented array of guest vocalists: Nongoma (South Africa), Sir Frank Karikari (Ghana) and Kitio Batola (Congo); alongside Eric Owusu (Ghana) on percussion. The uplifting lyrics and joyful melodies are held together by a powerhouse horn section bearing all the swinging hallmarks of a highlife fanfare.

Deeply funky and syncopated, Malefakis has produced a motivational winter warmer for both feet and spirit.

One of the big tunes of the year came from Konkolo Orchestra. - Gilles Peterson

I already know this will be one of my favourite albums of the year. - Josh Somewhere Soul

I already know this will be one of my favourite albums of the year. - Craig Charles BBC 6 Radio

Un disco rabioso, contundente y voraz. - Bombín Radio 3/RTVE

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