The Budos Band II - The Budos Band

The Budos Band's second album on Brooklyn label Daptone is typical afrobeat funk - coarse keys; morphing latin-infused beats; slick and sharp guitar; full, piercing horns. Their instrumental songs, recorded live and analog, move in tight cycles, building up and breaking down just in time, never dragging on too long like some Fela Kuti or James Brown numbers. For better or worse, The Budos Band lacks the political edge of fellow Brooklyn-based Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, but there is still something rebellious, almost menacing, in the sound, threatening to incite revolt as much as dance. The music never strays too far from the confines of the groove-centered genre, but within those confines it is allowed to shift and take on many forms.

WORTH THE LISTEN
3 out of 5
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