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    Contemporary Afro Beat A Fine Selection Of Some Of Today's Most Exciting Afro Beat Bands From All Over The World

    Tramp
    • Fanga – Crache La Douleur
    • Odu – Afrobeat Principles #1
    • N'Ghare Hi Power Band – Campus Rock
    • Aphrodesia – Special Girl
    • Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble – P.D.P.
    • Jojo Quo & His Challengers – Every Woman Is Good Woman
    • 1. Fanga – Crache La Douleur
    • 2. Odu – Afrobeat Principles #1
    • 3. N'Ghare Hi Power Band – Campus Rock
    • 4. Aphrodesia – Special Girl
    • 5. Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble – P.D.P.
    • 6. The Boogoos – Theme For Isaac Kirya
    • 7. Afrodita – Africa My Dear
    • 8. Kokolo Afro Orchestra – Donkey
    • 9. Afromotive – One Way Go
    • 10. Jojo Quo & His Challengers – Every Woman Is Good Woman
    • 11. Albino! – Jing Bong Wah
    • 12. Afrodelic Stegosaurchestra – Matches
    • 13. Express Brass Band – Radio Kabul

    This, the third in Tramp's "Contemporary..." series, proves that Afro-Beat is anything but dead in 2011, compiling the exciting sounds of Odu, Afromotive, Jojo Quo & his Challengers, and many others. Fela declared his music "the progressive music of the future". Tramp here make a claim for the arrival of that future.

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