黒人解放運動家でアフロビートの創始者、Fela Kutiの4タイトルがカラー盤LPでリイシュー!!
自らを襲撃し、残忍な仕打ちを加えた軍事政権に対する1976年の復讐作。アルバム『Kalakuta Show』のリリースは、1974年にFelaを襲撃し、残忍な仕打ちを加えた軍事政権に対する彼の復讐の手段だった。襲撃は8ヵ月間で2度おこなわれた。最初にカラクタ共和国に警察が踏み込んだ後、Felaは「危険ドラッグの所持」と「未成年者誘拐」の罪で法廷に起訴された。しかし、彼を有罪にする実質的な証拠がなかったため、警察は判決の1週間前に再び家宅捜索を実施。過酷で残忍な仕打ちをおこなった。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2023/12/22)
By the time of 1976's Kalakuta Show, Fela Kuti's releases seemed not so much like records as ongoing installments in one long jam, documenting the state of mind of Nigeria's leading contemporary musician and ideological/political dissenter. Thus, any one album works better on its own than it does when it has to bear comparison with the rest of his mountainous output. The track "Kalakuta Show" was unexceptional by his own standards, though it was a respectable lock-groove song that followed the usual graph of Kuti's song progressions. The lyrics, at any rate, go far outside the usual funk/pop spectrum, detailing his harassment at the hands of the Nigerian police. "Don't Make Garan Garan" was musically more effective, particularly in its use of the artist's characteristically eerie, out-of-sync-sounding electric keyboards. ~ Richie Unterberger
Rovi