Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi - Cubafro (Remixes) [MoBlack]

Format: 12" in printed sleeve.
CAT: MBRV005

Funkiwala Records presents the third album in the “Lokkhi Terra meets” series, with the London fusionists creating another unique sonic clash, this time with former Fela Kuti keyboardist and legendary UK Afro-beat ambassador, Dele Sosimi, and members of his acclaimed Afro-beat Orchestra.

This particular collaboration has been brewing for a few years, building audience anticipation with a handful of sold-out shows each year between both bands' busy schedules.
With the two pianos of Kishon Khan and Dele Sosimi, Cuban percussionists/singers Geraldo De Armas (Yoruba Andabo), Oreste Noda (Ariwo), Javier Camilo (Ibrahim Ferrer); a brass section led by Justin Thurgur (Bellowhead) with Yelfris Valdes (Sierra Maestra) and Graeme Flowers (Kyle Eastwood), among others; this is a stellar lineup.

Kishon Khan's Lokkhi Terra has been established for several years as one of London's most unusual and heavy outfits, described as "Awesome headliners… a majestic multicultural melange of sounds… building bridges between Indian raga rhythms, Afro-Cuban grooves, Acid Jazz/funk, and free improvisation" (Timeout London). The band members include some of London's best Cuban musicians, who bring their rich musical history to the city's melting pot.

When the band wanted to explore the Cuban links to another of their favorite traditions, Afrobeat, who better to bring in than one of Afrobeat's originators, the master Dele Sosimi? "Sosimi creates some of the most entrancing grooves in modern African music" (E Jazz News).

Bringing together two Yoruba-speaking musics with different accents, from different sides of the Atlantic, Havana meets Lagos in London – a Cuban-Afrobeat experience. CUBAFROBEAT.