'Zombie'

In the spirit of Halloween and courtesy of an article in 'The Little Village' I did some digging today and found myself a new artist to dig, namely Afrobeat Pioneer Fela Kuti. The Little Village described this track as 'the mother of all monstrous funk jams' and they pretty much hit the nail right on the head. This is a seriously cool track- yeah, it clocks in at 12 minutes (above version is only 10 minutes or so) but it pretty much is a pounding piece of funk glory for all 12 minutes. (Interestingly enough, the song was actually an attack on the Nigerian Military Regime at the time. The titular zombies being the soldiers who did the oppressing of the people at the time. The Military Regime did not like Mr. Kuti all that much- and when they raided his compound and killed his mother, he sent the coffin to the head of the military regime at the time. The people loved his music and the political message of it made him an enemy of Nigeria's military regimes.)

Anyway, seriously cool track- just so everyone can get in the Halloween mood.