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ANTIBALAS
Afro-beat / Funk / Experimental

ANTIBALAS



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United States

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   ANTIBALAS: General Info
Member Since10/21/2005
Band Websitewww.antibalas.com
Band Members Amayo - Vocals & Percussion
Victor Axelrod - Electric Piano, Organ, and Clavinet
Eric Biondo - Trumpet
Stuart Bogie -Tenor Sax
Marcus Farrar - Shekere
Marcos Garcia - Guitar
Aaron Johnson - Trombone
Jordan McLean - Trumpet
Nick Movshon - Bass
Luke O’Malley - Guitar
Martin Perna - Baritone Sax
Chris Vatalaro - Drums



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December Residency at the Knitting Factory


ANTIBALAS HORNS WITH PAUL SIMON & THE ROOTS


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Antibalas on Current TV




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Visit the Antibalas Webstore, and pick up the "Antibalas GOP Tee", and much more, by clicking below!!!

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Buy the new Antibalas Album Security here!

Security will be left standing as one of the year’s best albums - okayplayer.com

Security is big-time party music, plain and simple - Rolling Stone

Antibalas' fourth album [Security] is its strongest yet. - Harp

Security is an an all-time great pop record, [Antibalas] has proved to have the wherewithal and talent to stand alone - Filter


Antibalas
Security
2007 ANTI-

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Antibalas
Government Magic
2005 Afrosound Records



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Antibalas
Who is this America?
2004 Ropeadope



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Antibalas
Talkatif
2002 Ninja Tune



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Antibalas
Liberation Afrobeat Vol. 1
2001 Ninja Tune



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Record LabelANTI -, Ropeadope, Ninjatune, Afrosound, Daptone
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 17 2009 11:45P
The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, New York
Dec 31 2009 11:45P
The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, New York

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   About ANTIBALAS
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FELA! on Broadway - featuring members of ANTIBALAS


Specially Priced Tickets For Antibalas Fans!!!

Fans and friends of Antibalas are able to get discounted tickets to what is sure to be one of the hottest shows on Broadway in years:
Go to http://www.felaonbroadway.com/antibalas for details.

Members of Antibalas have worked on the development of FELA! since its very beginning and continue to be involved as performing musicians on stage, the show's musical director, providing arrangements and composing additional music for the show.

Be sure to check it out!

“As played by the Brooklyn band Antibalas, standing in for the army of musicians that accompanied Mr. Kuti on his world tours, this is music that gets into your bloodstream, setting off vibrations you’ll live with for days to come.”
- The New York Times

“What really makes the show work is the music, fabulously delivered by Antibalas, a Brooklyn-based band that re-creates Fela's own songs (the international hit "Zombie" among them), adding some glorious embellishments along the way. Fela's lyrics, projected against the theater walls, make it easier to appreciate their social commentary.” - The New York Post

"the spirited onstage band Antibalas, featuring percussion and horns, propels the show through highlights of Kuti's action-packed life.” - The Associated Press
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For Booking, Licensing and/or publicity, please visit www.antibalas.com for contact info.
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"They lead the pack..." Pitchforkmedia.com

Antibalas has been a fixture at the crossroads of international music since their humble Brooklyn beginnings in 1998. As a group entity, they are largely responsible for reviving and innovating an obscure but dynamic style of music known as Afrobeat, tirelessly spreading its gospel to over thirty countries around the world, from New York's Rikers Island prison to Carnegie Hall, from Tokyo to Turkey.

Always looking to push their unique sound further, however, Antibalas entered the studio to record their fourth album with much-heralded musician/producer John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab, Tom Ze). Holed up for a month in McEntire’s Chicago lair, the band explored and unleashed sonic sides of them not previously tapped. The resulting gem is guaranteed to shock and dazzle new and old fans alike, and will be forthcoming from ANTI- Records (no, not just because they share half a name), known for distinguished releases over the years from such artists as Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, the Refugee All-Stars and Blackalicious.

As collaborators, members of Antibalas have worked with artists such as Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis on the FELA Broadway musical, Paul Simon, TV on the Radio, Baaba Maal, Burning Spear, Public Enemy, The Roots, Angelique Kidjo, Sinead O’Connor, and Medeski, Martin and Wood. In addition, members of Antibalas have made their imprint on recordings by Mark Ronson, Ornette Coleman, Amy Winehouse, Beck, The Foals, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Gomez, and countless other bands from the underground to the multi-platinum, spanning the genres of funk, jazz, soul, rock, and experimental music.

Antibalas has truly become renowned via their relentless live show. And though it’s certainly no easy task to keep (and feed) such a vast ensemble on the road, the band has managed to average over 100 concerts a year, incessantly traversing the U.S, Canada and Europe in venues large and small be they the sweaty clubs of Brooklyn or in front of hordes of festival goers in places like Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot, Montreux and Roskilde exclaimed “their music is right on time,” while the New York Times, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone Magazine and a slew of others have taken serious notice. Make no mistake, as XLR8R exclaims, Antibalas are indeed “the baddest on the block.”






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Dec 23 2009 2:19 AM

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Dec 21 2009 7:31 PM

Happy Winter Solstice!!!


Winter Solstice is the longest night of the year. It is the time of year to go deep within to renew and regenerate your energy. It is a time of rebirth, a time to plant seeds for the future and to set intentions for the next cycle as we return to light.


As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.


Wishing you positive energy to move into the light.


~ Lori
Driftkikker

Driftkikker



Dec 21 2009 6:38 PM

Wishing You & Yours
A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS
and LOTS of SUCCESS in
NEW YEAR !!!
tipiou

Ti Piou



Dec 21 2009 12:39 AM

bonne fete de fin d'année 2009 et plein de belles choses pour 2010
Simon Carrière & les Mineurs du Majeur

Simon Carrière & les Mineurs du Majeur



Dec 21 2009 12:10 AM

Pour finir l'année 2009 et vous souhaitez de bonnes fêtes une invitation à venir découvrir la vidéo du RAGGA PAPA, un remix de Petit Papa Noël enregistré en live au Théâtre de Trévise à l'occasion du FIEALD début décembre...
à partager sans modération ! sur ce lien :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbi9ei_ragga-papa-remix-petit-papa-noel-si_music

les dates des prochains jours :
- LUNDI 21 DECEMBRE 20h à l'ENTREPOT (Paris 14°) pour la scène ouverte avec le Ragga Papa !
- MERCREDI 23 DECEMBRE A L'ABRACADABAR (Paris 19°) en coplateau avec FRANCKY THOMAS (folk français) et avec invités spéciaux !!! dernier concert avant Noël !
123 cours Jean Jaurès / métro Ourq ou Jaurès (ligne 5)
http://www.myspace.com/franckythomas
plus d'infos sur le myspace...


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Dec 18 2009 2:48 PM

Merry Christmas!
Give them a chance for a normal life!

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Dec 17 2009 11:23 PM

Played one of your tracks last week in an attempt to purge the horridly overplayed Christmas music from people's heads. One can only hope it worked.

Check the blog for more info.

Cheers,
DJ Pretentious
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Dec 17 2009 12:19 PM


THANKS FOR ADD...MY NEW FRIEND



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The GoodFoot Band

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Dec 17 2009 9:02 AM

Hi ANTIBALAS, just a quick reminder about The Goodfoot Supporting Spikes All Stars on the 17th December.

With Kiki Dee, Paul Young, Migure, Tom Robinson all performing on the night.

Tickets available from www.lighthousepoole.co.uk or www.sasband.com.
Delta Red

Delta Red



Dec 16 2009 8:22 PM

-I have already seen documentaries that talks about the topic, where it is said that all these images that seem like flowers or etc. who are seen in "the extrasensory states" as it has been described in many cultures across the history of the humanity. Some of them with hallucinations for some stimulant or with near to the death experiences where there are liberated many nice chemicals who also produce the same perception.
But recently I found something very interesting. There is a Russian, Alexander Balankin, that devotes himself to the fractal mechanics.
And between the applications that they have found there are quite interesting ones. These fractals are related to the Chaos Theory. That is the only way of describing how a mess is produced with small changes in a seemingly simple function.
And also these chaotic behaviors also have repetitions, or, it seems chaotic but turns so repetitive that forms something that even seems harmonic. The snow flakes, the pollen in the flowers, Human Behaviour etc.
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Dec 16 2009 6:11 PM

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Dec 15 2009 7:19 PM

hello first...fantastic tunes...thank you very much for the add
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Dec 15 2009 5:55 PM

Hi there,
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Tribi

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Dec 15 2009 2:14 PM

ESCUCHA MI NUEVA CANCION BONITO PAIS! 1001110011
Sarai Knowledge

Sarai Knowledge



Dec 14 2009 11:02 PM

Wow what a dope event, it was so much fun!! Here is the 1st part of the video from the "Hip Hop Meets Couture" Ed Hardy Fashion show inside the beautiful San Francisco City Hall. Thee most incredible venue to perform in especially alongside a runway of gorgeous models struttin the hotest fashion!! You can watch all 4 parts on YouTube :-)


 
FUTURE TRAD COLLECTIVE

FUTURE TRAD COLLECTIVE



Dec 14 2009 9:21 PM

Hi, loving the Afrobeat! just uploaded some new edits, hope you like them!
TOUT à FOND

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Dec 14 2009 3:20 PM

La TAF présente:

Nouveaux concerts pour l'année 2010:

SICK OF IT ALL - 23 Janvier 2010 @ LE ROCKSTORE
SUPERSUCKERS - 18 Mars 2010 @ SECRET PLACE

A ne pas louper ce mois-ci :
KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEYS
Samedi 19 décembre - 20h00 - SECRET PLACE - 12/15€
David Normal

David Normal



Dec 14 2009 6:38 AM

I've made a new painting, "Traffic Jam". You'll find it on my profile and in my blog.
Vince Falzone

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Dec 11 2009 2:59 PM

Rock On.. ANTIBALAS,

Vince Falzone
Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda

Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda



Dec 11 2009 3:59 AM

Destaque no cenário nacional da música como um dos grupos pernambucano que mais circulou pelo país (com cerca de 80 shows em 2008) e mais formou público no último ano,
a Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda já é dona de uma trajetória marcante
na história da música de Pernambuco.

• Indicada ao Grammy Latino 2009, na categoria de 'Melhor Álbum de Música Regional Brasileira
• Finalista da categoria regional do Prêmio da Música Brasileira 2009
• Indicada pela crítica musical do New York Times
• Show considerado um dos melhores de 2008, ficando em 2° entre os nacionais, pelo jornal O Globo

11/12/09 - FEIRA MÚSICA BRASIL - MARCO ZERO/RECIFE
31/12/09 - VIRADA DE ANO NOVO - PREF. RECIFE - PALCO ACAIACA
09/01/10 - ORIGINAL OLINDA STYLE - EDDIE E ORQUESTRA JUNTAS NO MESMO PALCO
19/03/10 - SWSX MUSIC FESTIVAL - TEXAS/USA
roman rauch

roman rauch



Dec 10 2009 9:53 PM

Hi there, thanks for the add. i just uploaded a new piece of music. check it out, hope you dig: Music... (sunset to sunrise)  by  roman rauch
Collezionisti di attimi

Collezionisti di attimi



Dec 10 2009 1:48 PM

NEW MUSIC THEMES ONLINE

COLLEZIONISTI DI ATTIMI
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