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Antibalas

Afrobeat
Afrobeat

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, Tony Allen, The Daktaris and The Souljazz Orchestra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seun Kuti, Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Yossi Fine and Dele Sosimi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Antibalas, reaching back through Baaba Maal and forward to Seun Kuti. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
AntibalasBaaba MaalThe DaktarisFela KutiEddie PalmieriSeun KutiTony AllenFemi KutiYossi FineDele SosimiChico MannThe Budos BandZap MamaThe Budos BandFela KutiTony AllenThe DaktarisThe Souljazz OrchestraThe Shaolin AfronautsPolyrhythmicsIkebe Shakedown

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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, Tony Allen and The Daktaris, went on to shape Seun Kuti, Tony Allen, Femi Kuti and Yossi Fine. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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