Fela Kuti – Open and Close/Aphrodisiac (CD) collection-the-relix-sessions-vinyl-series Bull Rider

Bull Rider

each member evoking vintage Geddy Lee with their red-tinted sunglasses

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Sly Stone built something that had no real precedent: a racially and gender-integrated band playing a combustible mix of funk

Two Fish And An Elephant

Fela Kuti – Open and Close/Aphrodisiac (CD) collection-the-relix-sessions-vinyl-series Bull RiderFela Kuti's catalog is vast, but these two records capture something essential about how he built his sound in the early 1970s, before Afrobeat became a fully weaponized political force. The contrast here is instructive: loose, exploratory grooves on one side, tight single ready cuts on the other, recorded in London at one of the most storied studios on earth. The songs on Open and Close and Afrodisiac reflect the two sides of the Fela musical story.