Mixotroph Episode May 2, 2024

Celebrating Tony Allen

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Today, Nolesy shares some of his favourite music by one of the greatest drummers of ALL TIME, Tony Allen, the father of afrobeat. Many eclectic genre crossovers as usual from this prolific artist from 1972 to 2020.

Track Listing:

Roforofo Fight
Fela Kuti · Roforofo Fight
Colonial Mentality
Fela Kuti · Sorrow Tears & Blood
Nepa
Tony Allen · Nepa (Never Expect Power Always)
Meus Filhos Afrobeat Rework
Tony Allen, Aboyomy Agrobeat Orquestra · Meus Filhos Afrobeat Rework
Moanin'
Tony Allen · A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
No Beginning
Tony Allen, Adrian Younge · Tony Allen JID018
Wolf Eats Wolf
Tony Allen · Wolf Eats Wolf
Nature Springs
The Good, the Bad and the Queen · The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Rich Black
Tony Allen · There Is No End
Howls
Nu Genea, Tony Allen · Afrobeat Makers, Vol. 3 (The Tony Allen Experiments)
Locked and Loaded
Tony Allen & Jeff Mills · Tomorrow Comes The Harvest
5:55
Charlotte Gainsbourg · 5:55