Flash Atkins Revives Afro Disco Spirit on ‘Sanza Mibale Ya Bo Pemi’ (Paper Recordings)
Flash Atkins has pulled together a crack team of musicians for ‘Sanza Mibale Ya Bo Pemi’ on Paper Recordings. It is a tribute to the golden age of afro disco, when the sounds of 70s New York found their way to the continent and fused with local musical styles and rhythms. Felix Ngindu sings in his native Lingala language from DRC over a locked bass, congas, keys, percussion, rhythm guitar and a brass section from Haggis Horn’s Atholl Ransome and Malcolm Strachan. Funk, disco, soul and jazz all blend for a peak time jam. The ‘Flash Dub’ strips things back […]