Fela Kuti | No Agreement LP Water Color Tears and Blood (1977): A

Tears and Blood (1977): A response to the Soweto Uprising of 1976 where thousands of South African students protested the forced teaching of Afrikaans

Moments of respite emerge from the most unlikely of places: the jarring robotic bubbling of "The Trends Justify the Memes" disrupted by silky loops that evolve into sonic sword-fighting

The band's legendary and notorious frontman Mark E

and in the US on March 3

Andrew Squires - Djembe

Fela Kuti | No Agreement LP Water Color Tears and Blood (1977): ANo Agreement is sometimes overlooked among Felas 1977 releases, eclipsed by albums such as 'J. J. D. Johnny Just Drop and 'Sorrow Tears and Blood, yet it is among his best albums of the period. It includes an outstanding Afrika 70 instrumental, Dog Eat Dog. The track includes a solo by the American trumpeter, Lester Bowie, of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, who was then staying with Fela in Lagos. [Excerpt taken from historian Chris May]