#90

Fela Kuti and Afrika 70

Zombie (1977)

I have gone through periods where I listen to jazz on a regular basis, but they don't happen often.  Since I have developed a taste for krautrock and electronic music, I visit jazz less and less often, with my background groove and color needs being served elsewhere.  

I wish it didn't, but a lot of times jazz bores me where Neu! and Dan Deacon do not.  

I could assume it is a matter of relevance, with electronic influenced music representative of the 21st-century and jazz the 20th, but, god, I got bored just typing that sentence.  The obviousness of it is heavy like walking into a sauna by mistake.

Zombie and Fela Kuti aren't jazz, but they did spring fully-formed from it.  I don't know what is different, but Zombie rocks my socks.  I like a little repetition and funk I guess.  This is good stuff that I come back to quite often.  

I don't have anything else to say about this album.  I wish I did.  It is great and everyone should give it a listen, but I am not super-inspired by it, so I am moving on.

Mix Tracks:

Not too many here, considering there are only four 12 minutes+ songs here.  Pick "Mister Follow Follow" if you want to separate them out.  But you shouldn't really do that.  If you are in the mood for Afrobeat, then you should just go for the whole album.  I've posted "Zombie"because couldn't find a whole copy of "Mister Follow Follow".

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#89

Devo

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)