“Make your power a fire, so we can cook enough for all …” chants Mr Fantastic out front as guitars weave layers of rhythm and the hypnotic bass and drums ready the dance floor for a rapid crossfire between the organ and horns. This is afro-beat medicine administered directly to your soul. 

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Don't Play With Fire

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"We provide culture for the future.  Your culture is your starting point, but don’t be afraid to do a U-turn"

Prehistoric is another tune we recorded in Avacan, Zvi’s shipping container studio where we used to jam and rehearse and where I did my mix work.  Lamine sings about the importance of your culture and its roots, and that it helps guide us.  Stay true to your roots!

This track also features Ady Thioune as a special guest on talking drum.  Ady is a master percussionist hailing from Senegal, but residing in Italy.  If you saw us performing this summer, there’s a good chance you would have heard his fiery drum on top of some of our songs. 

Prehistoric

The Afrobiotics are a six piece Melbourne based band that breathe new life into the sound of West Africa and bring a powerful message of resistance to the next generation of afro-beat. 

“Make your power a fire, so we can cook enough for all …” chants Mr Fantastic out front of The Afrobiotics as guitars weave layers of rhythm and the hypnotic bass and drums ready the dance floor for a rapid crossfire between the organ and horns. This is afro-beat medicine administered directly to your soul. 

Mr Fantastic (Lamine Sonko) is a Senegalese griot musician who has recently migrated to Australia. He is a ‘Culture Keeper’ bringing traditional Sabar music and dance forms to the band’s compositions as well as a first hand afro-beat authenticity. The songs flip in and out of traditional tongue, street pidgin chants and English verse regularly punctuated by impossible percussion. 

The band have already gathered weighty afro-experience in Australia and Africa as the core of the 17 piece group The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra with members having performed at Fela Kuti’s New Afrika Shrine in Lagos. 

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