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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra is an act on the Starverb influence map. 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 Mark Ronson, Zap Mama, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and Saun & Starr, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and forward to Mark Ronson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Antibalas is an American, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band founded in 1998 by Martín Perna. Initially inspired by Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra, the music generally follows the musical architecture and language of afrobeat and incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa.
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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra connections
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra shares an orbit with The Budos Band, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and The Daktaris, went on to shape Mark Ronson, Zap Mama, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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