AKOYA: Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble

Akoya

Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble

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In the style of afrobeat, pioneered and made famous by the late Fela Kuti, a unique mixture of African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz and Funk with driving horn lines, a precision tight rhythm section and politically inspired vocals sung in various African dialects.

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"Excellent debut!" - The Village Voice

"Dancers crowded the stage until the last downbeat." - New York Times

"The band tears through a propulsive set of original horn and percussion driven compositions." - Global Rhythm Magazine

"In Akoya's debut CD, Afrobeat's cross-cultural rhythm materials are as intense as rhythmic energies fused with modern jazz tonality and musicality. This is a great album that everyone will truly enjoy." - Lawrence Nii Nartey, The African Show, WKCR 89.9FM NYC

"In 2005, Voted as one of Next 100 Upcoming Bands. Akoya is developing a reputation for whipping dance floors into a frenzy with their fusion of African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz and Funk music...Akoya is poised to make an impact in the budding global Afrobeat movement." – URB Magazine

Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble takes to the stage an explosion of dance rhythms. Featuring members from Panama, Ghana, Benin, South Africa, Japan and the US, this 13-piece ensemble embraces unity and positive vibrations. The group features lead vocalist Kaleta, who for 10 years performed and recorded with the immortal Fela Kuti and Egypt 80. He has also toured with Femi Kuti as well as the legendary King Sunny Ade. Their debut CD "Introducing The Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble" has been very well received, as it has been getting regular airplay on radio stations in South Africa, Nigeria, Benin, France, London and Panama, as well as New York's WKCR, WBLS, WBAI, and WFMU.

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  • author: too much

    the akoya beat dey make me shake!!!!!!!!! this indicates that afro-beat will never die. thumps up to u!!!!!!!!!!

  • Felariffic!
    author: B, W. Ventril

    Genuinely fantastic Afrobeat... It's great to see more people not just keeping Fela's legacy alive, but proving that Afrobeat is a genre with new places to go and things to be righteously angry about. This is gloriously innovative Afrobeat that nevertheless remains true to the spirit of the Kalakuti Republic.

  • akoya was a bomb at hamilton
    author: jon bellin

    you guys brought the roof down at hamilton..am still dancing....we need you next year

  • Great first album from Akoya. Great band,great work.
    author: Kost Kass

    Great first album from Akoya.Great band,great work,deep in the heart of Afrobeat movement.Keep goin'on...

  • real afrobeat at last
    author: peter oludare

    couldn'believe my ears...i thought this band was a break away rebel band from femi kuti...pardon my assumption...you are the future of afrobeat...more pidgin english and other african dialect songs please.

  • ..brillant begining album, the little brothers of Antibalas!!!
    author: Mad_Fred

    nice first album for Akoya, just a bit too short!! this a brillant begining album, the next generation of afrobeat. If i really have to critizise anything from them i would say i missed a bit of lyrics on this one...but hey, who cares when the groove is here!!!

  • swing (3x)
    author: luigi freteri

    too short boys too short, it tastes like more music

  • afrobeat with a different tasty beat
    author: omokan bayi

    this is just a great album...fela 'd be proud of you..ride on guys...bayi

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