Name: No Go Sell by CalZone in Elements of Afrobeat
Duration: 6 min 9 s
Description: anti consumerism manifesto in style of Fela Kuti written for ALBINO! afrobeat ensemble, 10 piece west african funk band with horn section www.albinoband.com

Fela Kuti is one of my major influences, and playing guitar in Afrobeat bands for 10 years has left a bit of a mark.

Elements of Afrobeat

70's Oakland funk in the style of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters band / Tower of Power, with an afrobeat intro/bridge section. Ideal for a 70's period film or TV show. Licensed to Berkeley's UCTheatre Renovation Timelapse video: https://vimeo.com/calsowncalzone/uct

East Bay Spank

HGP Set - Oct ‘21

Dark, dirty atmospheric film cues that swell into Fela-style lamentation grooves. Written for The Hustler, a short film shot in Freetown, Sierra Leone by The Genuis of Marian director Banker White/WeOwnTV: https://vimeo.com/calsowncalzone/thehustler

The Hustler: Afrobeat film score edit v3a

08 World Cup Samba

This is the extended version of my theme for "Inside: US Soccer's March To Brazil". 

Inside: US Soccer's March To Brazil - Theme (Extended Version)

Cycling

Taken from Ave Africa, The Complete Recordings 1973-1976
Out 24th June on Strut
Pre-order: https://strut.lnk.to/SunburstAveAfricaSo
Limited Demos Cassette Bundle: https://strut.lnk.to/SunburstBundleSo

Strut presents a definitive collection of recordings from one of Tanzania’s most revered but short-lived bands of the 1970s, Sunburst. Covering their entire output from 1973 to 1976, this first retrospective features their singles for Moto Moto and TFC, their sole album, ‘Ave Africa’ and an unreleased radio session recorded in Tanzania in 1973.

For a limited time, orders from the Strut web store & Bandcamp have the option to include a limited edition cassette featuring unreleased Sunburst demos recorded in Lusaka in 1976. 100 copies only!
https://strut.lnk.to/SunburstBundleSo

For more info:
http://www.strut-records.com

Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings

Sunburst - "Simba Anguruma" [From Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings]

This album is available at http://bubbles.bandcamp.com/track/split-infinitive-full-album-mix-2

    The music on Split Infinitive is dark and sparse with thick bass and psychedelically mutated vocal samples. A musical reflection of the sentiment of our day and age. A tone poem.

    Split Infinitive pushes the boundaries of electronic music genres by melding dubstep, ambient, minimal, and drum n' bass elements with curious musical references to Pink Floyd, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Aphex Twin, Led Zeppelin, Plastikman, Prophetnoise, and many others.

Split Infinitive - Full Album Mix

Game loop driven by a soukous style guitar line, produced to accompany a dancing chicken doing the moonwalk

Soukous Moonwaddle

Nigerian Royal Scam is a vintage, up tempo afrobeat instrumental in the style of Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band. I reworked the drums and added horns in honor of Tony Allen, Fela's pioneering drummer on the anniversary of his death. Attempting to emulate his slinky, flowing groove and trademark tumbling-down-the-stairs drum fills felt like time well spent in his presence. Cheers to the rhythmic architect of afrobeat, thanks for the inspiration.

Arrangement features a heavy horn section, deep layers of hand percussion, funky interlocking guitars, vintage psychedelic keys

RIYL Fela Kuti, Budos Band, Antibalas, James Brown, Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade, Mulatu Astatke, Ebo Taylor, Bob Marley, Miles Davis

Nigerian Royal Scam

"Commotion" - Dust Motif

A bluegrass arrangement of Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" to accompany a game involving a flying pig!  I'm kind of crazy about this track. I think I followed the Valkyries harmonic structure through most of the track.  I had to use 9 harmonicas to get through all the chord changes.

Arranged, performed and produced by Stan LePard.  Fiddle by Paul Elliott.

Complete music for fun playlist: https://soundcloud.com/stanlepard/sets/music-for-fun

Stan LePard Music website: https://stanlepard.com

Valkyrie Hayride

Pig Up!: Valkyrie Hayride

anti consumerism manifesto in style of Fela Kuti written for ALBINO! afrobeat ensemble, 10 piece west african funk band with horn section www.albinoband.com

No Go Sell

2K20 Original Music Montage

A 2-hour show which was streamed to Facebook Live on May 2, 2020 and highlights many examples of Tony Allen's peerless drumming throughout his long career, with added commentary.

===================Track List========================

Road Close Dance Dub - Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 [Earthworks]
The Seed (Original version) - Tony Allen & Jeff Mills [Blue Note]
Upside Down - Fela Kuti [Celluloid]
Agbada Bougou - Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela [World Circuit]
Push Your Mind - Psyco On Da Bus [Comet]
Night Walker (Vocal Version) - Tony Allen & Jeff Mills [Blue Note]
Water No Get Enemy - Fela Kuti [Soundworkshop]
Let's Start - Fela & Ginger Baker [EMI]
Shuffering And Shmiling (Part 1&2) - Fela Anikulapo Kuti With Afrika 70 [Celluloid]
Path To Wisdom - Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen [Strut]
The Same Blood - Tony Allen [Comet]
Locked And Loaded - Tony Allen & Jeff Mills [Blue Note]
Opposite People - Fela Kuti [Afrodisia]
Drum Solo (live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1978) - Ginger Baker and Tony Allen  [EMI]
Shakara - Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa '70 [EMI]
Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti [Soundworkshop]
Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) - Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela [World Circuit]
Every Season - Tony Allen feat. Damon Albarn & Ty [Comet]
Ise Nla (A Rework By Wareika Hill Sounds) - Tony Allen [Honest John's]
Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix) - Tony Allen [Honest John's]
N.E.P.A. Dance Dub - Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 [Earthworks]
Moyege (Mark's Mix) - Tony Allen [Honest John's]
Against The Wall - Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen [Strut]
Sorrow, Tears And Blood - Fela Anikulapo Kuti [Arista]

A Tony Allen Tribute by François K

The first half is a study in using speed fades, and editing, processing, and reharmonizing a vocal track using Logic's Flex mode, plus Time and Pitch Machine. Much of the percussion sounds and the distorted guitar like effects were created by time expanding and re-amping the sound of the vocalist clearing her throat at the beginning of the take. The second half explores manipulating segments of the vocal track with Logic's ESX24 sampler, and triggering the ES2 synth from a sidechain, all over an afrobeat groove in 7/8 time.

Desert Nightmare / Afrobeat Fever Dream

Cal Reichenbach produces eclectic music for film, TV, and video games. An accomplished guitarist and composer, Cal specializes in emotionally dynamic, rhythmically compelling scores that enhance visual action and propel narrative flow. His work spans a broad range of genres including rock, funk, jazz, afrobeat, Brazilian, orchestral, electronic, and world groove. Cal plays an array of guitar styles as well as bass, mandolin, ukulele, and guembri (Morroccan/Gnawa bass lute) in his productions.

Areas of scoring expertise include show open themes, emulations of any given reference track/musical genre/era, and the integration of ethnic music styles from any desired corner of the world. Tongue-in-cheek musical satire is another CalZone specialty: ironic cover arrangements, over-the-top genre parodies, and other feats of comedic scoring--from subtly sardonic to outrageously hyperbolic--are served with extra relish. 

Cal has worked with Subaru Asia, Bully Entertainment/Cosi Games (for Pelé: Soccer Legend, >7mm downloads), Pilot (for FX, AMC, CMT), Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Men In Blazers (VICE Sports), Organic, Brass Ideas, Cibo, Evolve Media, Disher Sound (for PlayStation Magazine/Gran Turismo 4), and director Banker White/WeOwnTV.

After a decade of touring, recording with, and producing an array of rock, funk, and jazz bands including the award winning Bay Area afrobeat ensembles ALBINO! and Aphrodesia, Cal earned an MFA in music production for visual media at Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

No Go Sell

CalZone

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