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Featuring Oghene Kologbo on guitar—an original member
of Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti’s legendary Africa
70 band—Berlin based AfroBeat Academy gets its authentic
Afro-beat groove direct from the source.
Kologbo recorded and performed with Fela from 1972 to 1978,
appearing on more than 40 recordings, including classic
tracks such as Lady, Zombie, and Shakara.
The man has lived in Berlin since 1978, when the musicians
in Fela’s band defected after a concert at the Berlin
Jazz Festival. Fela’s compound in Lagos, Nigeria was
attacked and burned down by the Nigerian Army, and the musicians,
11 in all, decided to seek asylum in Europe.
Kologbo has been active as a solo artist and a sidemen
throughout the 1980s and 90s. He released successful records
in Europe and West Africa, and performed with artists as
diverse as King Sunny Ade, Jimmy Cliff, George Clinton,
Stevie Wonder, The Wailers, Roots Anabo and Osibisa.
The last year has witnessed a resurgence in the awareness
of Afro-beat music, and AfroBeat Academy has been doing
its part to promote this infectious dance-floor blend of
funk, hypnotic West African rhythms and wailing horns. AfroBeat
Academy is currently involved in an intensive collaboration
with the Nigerian/German rapper Ade, initiator of the successful
Brothers Keepers project. Their first recordings together
will be released in June 2005 on the Berlin’s Piranha
label. The AfroBeat Academy has just returned from a tour
throughout Germany with the Brothers Keepers, supporting
such artists as Dflame and Xavier Naidoo. A new member of
the Academy family is funkmaster DJ Soul Rabbi, who will
be releasing the first AfroBeat Academy single in Summer
2005. Together they have been hitting the funk clubs of
Europe, laying new tracks in the studio, and furiously preparing
for tours in summer 2005 in the US, Nigeria, Senegal, Germany
and Holland.
AfroBeat Academy is:
Oghene Kologbo (Nigeria) –guitar and vocals
Sammy Quist (Ghana) –guitar and vocals
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (USA) –saxophone
Daniel Allen (Cuba) –trumpet
Frank Schellenberger (Germany) keyboards
Matthew Hutchinson (USA) –keyboards
Daryl Taylor (USA) –bass
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- Angela Müller (meine Frau, die all die Jahre immer
gesagt hat, du musst weiter drehen. Die immer geschimpft
hat, dass ich soviel kohle ausgegebenfür Platten
habe und sich dann doch so gefreut hat. danke danke danke.Love
Micha.
- Al Green
- Albert Vonhoff
- Andreas Pilger (Schlagzeuger ausm Starlight Express)
- Armin Jansen
- Asti Pfannkuch
- Boogaloo Joe Jones
- Benny aus Belgien
- Curtis Mayfield
- Christian Becker (Soulrunner, für den ich eines
Tages auf dem 40km Marathon mit meinem Soundsystem stehen
werde)
- Christian Mobas
- Christel und Willi Saam
- Claudia Nietsche
- Daniel Schmitt und Eva Cucoic
- Daniela aus Belgien
- Detlef Höller (Gitarrist ausm Starlight Express;
für mich einer der geilsten)
- Geraldo Si Loureiro
- Guido Halfmann
- Hanno Bernhardt
- Harro Schmidt
- Herbert Linke
- Jean aus Belgien
- Jeff aus Belgien
- Jojo Altevogt
- Jojo Faubel
- Keb Darge the legendary from UK
- Rob Fährmann
- Max Reinke
- Paul aus Holland
- Richie Hermanns Belgien (ältester und bester DJ
den ich kenne)
- Ruben Willson (Blue Note Label; Hammond Legende)
- Rüd und Willemik
- Samir (Percussionist und passionierter Comiczeichner
der meint kein zuhause zu haben, aber doch schon lange
zu Hause ist. Danke für dasIntro!)
- Stefan Boersch
- Sven Dudek
- Tanja Förster (die mir immer schon mailen wollte)
- Uwe Fuchs
- Wolfgang Kruppa
und all die ganzen anderen die zu mir gestanden haben.
Fortsetzung folgt
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