"(A) Move to Silent Unrest"
Chicago Afrobeat Project - "(A) Move to Silent Unrest"
Chicago Afrobeat Project's second studio album “(A) Move to Silent Unrest” features guest artists Bobby Broom and Ugochi.
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- Superstar '06
- Media Man
- Fixin' Release
- Chupacabra
- Cloister
- Carcass
This limited edition copy of the disc also includes a fold out poster of a painting from by G. Lemi, the original album cover designer for most of Fela Kuti's albums. The painting has been integrated into the album cover as if it were painted on a wall in Chicago's packaging district. Chicago Afrobeat Project is honored to work with Lemi on this one!
Afrobeat cannot stand still. As the genre’s tempting sounds resurge across the globe, Chicago Afrobeat Project (CAbP) remains true to its original vision of breathing the intensity of Chicago’s rich music scene into the infectious sounds of afrobeat. Rather than become caricatures of the genre, CAbP slips a reverent nod to the tradition while delivering an energized originality different from any other band on the afrobeat scene today. At each of its 100+ live performances a year, the group’s frenzied songs hit audiences with a big enough one-two punch to tirelessly knock them onto the dance floor time and time again.
Afrobeat’s range of influences -- funk, rock, jazz, afro-cuban, high life and juju music -- settle into a hypnotic, dance-compelling pulse at the core of CAbP. The group layers a fiery originality around this core through high-energy rock and experimental jazz. The trance-like grooves that hold the floor in the tradition are pushed to new borders in CAbP’s second and self-produced album, (A) Move to Silent Unrest. In it, the group keeps true to the mix of respect to the tradition and forward-thinking experimentation that shine through in their live performances.
“The group’s songs are musical snowballs, opening as minimalist skeletons – a buoyant bass line or a lone, repeated guitar chord – before picking up keyboards, horns and various percussive elements. Gathering momentum, the songs thunder to a hip-shaking climax.” – Chicago Tribune
Released 2007
