Long Island - New York, Stati Uniti, 1970.
E' proprio quello il periodo in cui una band, capitanata dal vocalist Bobby Boyd decide di formarsi. Il funk, l'afro, il rock.... il loro credo.
Ma il 1970 è un periodo molto florido per il funk, e migliaia di gruppi si sfidano a colpi di groove per arrivare al successo. C'è chi lo raggiungerà e chi, invece, si fermerà to print a paltry 45.
Our protagonists of the huge competition, decided in 1971 to try another way: Europe, notably France, but without the accession of Bobby Boyd will decide that instead of staying in America groped for the bang.
Larry Jones, Frank Abel, Lafayette Adson, Keno Speller, Ernest "Donny" Donable, Arthur Young, Michael and Ronnie James McEwan Buttacavoli fly to Paris, he dubbed the "Ice" and started to play mainly in the areas frequented by North African immigrants. ll their sound steeped groove can not help but draw their attention. Get
but also that of Pierre Jaubert, record producer, which makes 'our' band of his Parisound the study.
In 1972 comes the record year of onset, but after having renamed Lafayette Afro Rock Band, and they do it with the tag America by publishing "Malik." An incredible drive, which in addition to guitars and sound purely funk, African rhythms collects soul without neglecting the soul.
To note the beautiful Darkest Lights campionatissima among other things (by artists like Public Enemy), but also the same sound from Malik purely funk, and the pearl dancefloor I Love Music. A disc as beautiful as it is not easy to find.
In 1973 came the second and, unfortunately, the band's last effort for the label that publishes Musidisc the record "Soul Makossa," which not only contains a great version of the success of Manu Dibango, has one of its best tracks Hitachi pearl that has a drum breaks the initial championship by hundreds of artists including De La Soul, Naughty By Nature, LL Cool J, Janet Jackson just to name a few.
All tracks deserve, a sound that goes from 'Afro-funk that takes in large letters vita in mine come Azeta e Nicky (First One) ad influenze rock come in Oglenon. Decisamente notevole.
Nonostante i lavori della band siano solo due, stampati anche in un lasso di tempo decisamente breve, ancora oggi gli appassionati di Black Music e le varie compilations funk, che tutt'ora vengono stampate, suonano i Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
Non possono mancare nelle collezioni dei "drogati" dell'afro-funk.
Una nota particolare, infine, va fatta sulle 2 splendide copertine che custodiscono i 2 lavori. Entrambe molto simili, ma immensamente splendide ed essenziali. Surely two works of art, which are attached at the beginning of this article.
Get the records of Lafayette Afro Rock Band, you will not regret.
Dj Danko
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