Sunday, January 11, 2009

Anyone Wanna Go To Boston? Roots vs Antibalas Soundclash



Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Che Che Cole (Makossa Remix) | z/s/h/a/r/e
Bonus: Antibala Afrobeat Orchestra - Che Che Cole (album) | z/s/h/a/r/e
And 1: Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe - Che Che Cole (original version) | z/s/h/a/r/e

What!? The Roots vs Antibalas?? As a live experiment? Daaang. Serious.
Red Bull Sound Clash is a totally unique clash of sounds, styles and creativity, where two bands don’t battle each other, but instead collaborate live on stage to create an innovative music performance.

The Red Bull Sound Clash Boston experience features two bands – The Roots and Antibalas – with different music styles (Hip Hop and Afrobeat) facing-off on two stages positioned on opposite ends of the venue with the audience in the middle. In a series of four rounds, the bands perform various tasks—some rehearsed, some improvised—to showcase the range of their musical abilities. The audience participates in the back-and-forth exploration between the bands by judging each round.[source]
I wanna hear them do a live collabo - imagine a 7 minute afro-burner of The Seed? How about a hip hop version of "Che Che Cole (Makossa Remix)"? I'll take 26 of those and 3 hours of that. Who wants to go to Boston for the 29th of Jan?

Che Che Cole was originally a Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe song from 1972. Latin in original form Antibalas did a remake/cover of the song and later had a remix done on the Makossa tip to move it closer to Afrobeat. The Roots vs Antibalas is going to be such a crazy combo I think I need to be at this show. Serious.

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