Felabrate, Felabrate, Dance To The Music
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In anticipation of the re-release of the entire 45 volume Fela Kuti recordings, there's some Felabrating to do! Knitting Factory Records is on top of the re-release with original artwork, digital packages, and for the purists, will be releasing the entire collection on vinyl!
Giant Step has signed on and is giving the people a reason to come together and get into the afro-beat with Felabrations in 15 cities through the month.
The re-release begins on October 27th with The Best of The Black President, a compilation that would surely make a bang up holiday treat, and continues for 18 months.
The partying started on Monday, check for these events still to come:
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Brooklyn (Knitting Factory)
Miami (Electric Pickle)
Oakland (Air Lounge)
Thursday, Oct. 15
NYC (S.O.B.s)
LA (Zanzibar)
Seattle (Grey Gallery & Lounge)
Playa De Camen, Mexico (Mi Casa Es Su Casa Holiday)
Philadelphia (The Arts Garage)
Friday, Oct. 16
LA (Tantra)
Chicago (The Shrine)
Saturday, Oct. 17
San Francisco (330 Ritch)
Washington DC (Eighteenth St Lounge)
Denver (The Union)
Saturday, Oct. 24
Boston (All Asia Bar)
Atlanta (595 North)
Saturday, Oct. 31
Harlem (The Shrine)
What a treat, I haven't been able to locate the release schedule...but check out fela.net for the latest.
Comments (8)
Good to hear..and about time..Of course, wasn't that comp available in the US years ago..or is it different..I got most of mine, prior to the French re-issues, from Celluloid here in the US. They did a great service to us hungry little beat miners in the 80's. These new re-issues, if they are like the French ones, are of exponetially better quality.
Dunno if the re-issues are remastered...but I think the vinyls' where its at!
True indeed..
Really bummed that I can't get down to Philadelphia tomorrow night. Man, that one in Harlem is bound to be hummin'...Cody, I once had a Celluloid 12-inch of "Army Arrangement" that Laswell remixed. It was pretty dire. Not Fela's fault, either.
Fela's 80's stuff didn't always grab me, though I still will get all the re-issues I don't have..and, though I sometimes like Bill's stuff, I haven't always been a fan of his remixes ie.the Marley and Miles Davis projects. Folks tell me I missed the boat on those, so I might have to recheck, but at the time I wasn't digging.
Fela's best sound, to me, was stoned but aggressive. Laswell's remix was stoned but...well, stoned. However, that's not to say Fela was necessarily his own best producer. I kinda love the job that Ginger Baker did on "He Miss Road"....
There are zero pieces of his from the 70's I don't like..some of the early,early ones are not my faves and some of the 80's things I need to revisit. As always..I'm stuck in the 70's.
Far worse places to be....