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This Saturday at Wam get ready for an exploration of the sounds of the great musical Wizards of Africa! Music from true Pioneers of the art from the African Continent. From the Tribal beats of the jungle from the likes of Francis Bebey, to the funky Afrobeat sounds of West Africa and the mighty Fela Kuti, plus the early synthesizer trailblazers a la William Onyeabor, through the Arabic infused sounds of the Sahara, to the mystical jazzy horns of Addis Ababa with champions such as Mulatu Astatke, all the way over to the Latin influenced pre-war psychedelic music of Angola. Get ready for a musical trip from the origins of organic beats to the first and late experiments of electronic sounds of the African continent, from coast to coast. With two of the key movers in Afrocentric music in Saigon, Kaztet D (Banana Hustle) and Youss (Nurture). You’ll be in good hands with this sonic engineers.
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