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Antibalas is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of Baaba Maal, The Daktaris, Fela Kuti and Eddie Palmieri. Those roots explain a lot about how Antibalas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Budos Band, Fela Kuti, The Daktaris, The Souljazz Orchestra and The Shaolin Afronauts, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mark Ronson, Menahan Street Band, Afrolicious, Tony Allen and Femi Kuti, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Antibalas, reaching back through Baaba Maal and forward to Mark Ronson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Antibalas connections
Antibalas grew out of Baaba Maal, The Daktaris, Fela Kuti and Eddie Palmieri, shares an orbit with The Budos Band, Fela Kuti, The Daktaris and The Souljazz Orchestra, went on to shape Mark Ronson, Menahan Street Band, Afrolicious and Tony Allen. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Antibalas
Sounds and acts that shaped Antibalas.
Artists similar to Antibalas
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Antibalas.
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- Fela Kutiartist
- The Daktarisartist
- The Souljazz Orchestraartist
- The Shaolin Afronautsartist
- Polyrhythmicsartist
- Ikebe Shakedownartist
- Ebo Taylorartist
- Orlando Juliusartist
- T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmoartist
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonouartist
- El Michels Affairartist
- The Poets of Rhythmartist
- The Sorcerersartist
- William Onyeaborartist
- Lafayette Afro Rock Bandartist
- The Quantic Soul Orchestraartist
- The Lijadu Sistersartist
- The J.B.'sartist
- Monophonicsartist
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trioartist
- Nubiyan Twistartist
- Karl Hector & The Malcounsartist
- Vaudou Gameartist
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kingsartist
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