There Is No End Tony Allen
Album info
Album-Release:
2021
HRA-Release:
07.05.2021
Label: Universal Music Division Decca Records France
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Artist: Tony Allen
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- 1 Tony’s Praeludium 00:28
- 2 Stumbling Down 02:31
- 3 Crushed Grapes 03:17
- 4 Très magnifique 03:23
- 5 Mau Mau 03:09
- 6 Coonta Kinte 03:08
- 7 Rich Black 04:19
- 8 One Inna Million 03:20
- 9 Gang On Holiday (Em I Go We?) 03:04
- 10 Deer In Headlights 04:03
- 11 Hurt Your Soul 02:59
- 12 My Own 03:46
- 13 Cosmosis 04:45
- 14 There’s No End 00:27
Info for There Is No End
Moderner Hip-Hop mit afrikanischem Herzschlag: There Is No End” ist ein absolut einzigartiges, rundum faszinierendes Hip-Hop-Album, an dem der legendäre Afrobeat-Drummer Tony Allen bis zu seinem letzten Atemzug gearbeitet hat.
Als Tony Allen am 30. April 2020 wenige Wochen vor seinem 80. Geburtstag in Paris verstarb, versetzte sein völlig überraschender Tod die Musikwelt in eine Schockstarre. Annähernd 60 Jahre lang war er der pulsierende Herzschlag des Afrobeat gewesen, den er in Fela Kutis Highlife-Jazz-Band Koola Lobitos und bei Africa ‘70 kreiert hatte und danach immer wieder verfeinerte und so variierte, dass er mit Künstlern der unterschiedlichsten Genres zusammenspielen konnte. Bis kurz vor seinem Tod hatte der vor Energie sprudelnde Schlagzeuger unermüdlich an einem neuen Projekt mit jungen Rappern, Sängern und Produzenten gearbeitet, das den Titel “There Is No End” erhalten sollte.
Doch dann starb er, bevor die meisten der von ihm auserwählten Künstler/innen Gelegenheit hatten, ihre Aufnahmen mit ihm zu machen. Glücklicherweise hatte er zu diesem Zeitpunkt mit dem französischen Produzenten Vincent Taeger (der selbst Schlagzeuger ist) bereits die Grooves aufgenommen, die nun die federnde Grundlage für sein letztes Album bilden.
“Tonys Idee war, den Rappern Raum zum Atmen und freien Gestalten zu geben”, erläutert Vincent. “Er wollte wirklich nicht einfach nur Afrobeat spielen, sondern vielmehr etwas Neues und Offenes schaffen, mit sehr unterschiedlichen Sounds für die Drums bei jedem Song sowie Stimmungen und Tempi, die im Kern wirklich im Hip-Hop verankert sind.”
Um diesen rhythmischen Wandteppich zu erschaffen, vertieften sich Tony und Vincent in einige der ikonischsten Songs des Hip-Hop-Kanons, wobei Tony im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes auf seinem Schlagzeug jammte, während er die Tracks über den Kopfhörer hörte. Er tat dies nicht, um die gehörten Beats zu kopieren, sondern um die elementaren Grooves heraufzubeschwören, die nur jemand in ihnen entdecken kann, der so tief wie er im Rhythmus verwurzelt ist. Er destillierte aus einigen dieser großartigen US-amerikanischen Hip-Hop-Grooves also die Essenz der westafrikanischen Rhythmen heraus, in denen diese ihren Ursprung hatten, und ließ so einmal mehr Magie entstehen. “Ich möchte etwas machen, das sehr in der Gegenwart fußt”, formulierte Allen das Konzept des Albums, “möchte die jungen Rapper aber auch nach Hause zurückbringen.” Das Ergebnis ist absolut zeitgenössischer Hip-Hop, der jedoch von Tony Allens einzigartiger spiritueller Persönlichkeit und seinem Flow geprägt ist.
Tony Allen
Tony Allen
The drummer and unofficial music director of the late Fela Kuti's band, Africa 70, from 1968 until 1979, Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen) helped create the sounds of Afro-beat. With his solo recordings, however, Allen has refused to remain stagnant, incorporating dub and avant-garde hip-hop influences into his modern African dance music.
A self-taught musician, Allen began to play drums at the age of 18 while working as a technician for a Nigerian radio station. Within nine months, he had embarked on a professional career as a drummer. Although Allen and Kuti had known each other since the early '60s, when they performed on the Nigerian music circuit with different bands, they began playing American-style jazz together in 1964. Before long, they shifted to an African-influenced style of highlife jazz, which they continued to play for five years.
Forming Africa 70 in 1969, Allen and Kuti began reaching out to an international audience. A few months later, while touring North America for the first time, Allen was introduced to the music of James Brown, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. Despite critical acclaim, the group faced numerous obstacles, including financial difficulties, racial discrimination, and political oppression. Arrested during the first of a long series of government-sponsored raids of black townships in 1974, Allen spent three days in jail. The following year, he released his first album as a leader, Progress. After performing his last show with Kuti and Africa 70 at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1979, Allen continued to play with his group Lagos until immigrating to Europe in 1984. After temporarily living in London, he settled in France the following year and worked as a session drummer for such transplanted African musicians as Ray Lema and Manu DiBango, and released Never Expect Power Always (N.E.P.A.) in 1985.
Allen was largely inactive for the next decade, although he re-emerged in the late '90s with a string of singles, culminating in the release of Home Cooking in 2002. Reissues of his '70s solo albums started showing up around the same time, as well as Eager Hands and Restless Feet: The Best of Tony Allen, a summation of his post-Fela career. In 2004, a live album came out, and 2006 saw a return to his Afro-beat roots with Lagos No Shaking, which was recorded in the Nigerian city itself.
That same year, Allen co-founded the British alternative rock outfit the Good, the Bad & the Queen alongside Paul Simonon (the Clash), Simon Tong (the Verve), and Damon Albarn (Blur) and released a well-received eponymous album under the moniker in 2007, followed in 2009 by an all-new collection of Afro-beat material called Secret Agent, as well as Inspiration Information, Vol. 4 with Jimi Tenor. He also guested on Zap Mama's full-lengths Supermoon and ReCreation.
In 2010, the Black Voices album was remastered and released in unedited session form under the title Black Voices Re-Visited. Allen further collaborated with Albarn and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea in the band Rocket Juice & the Moon. They released a self-titled album in 2013. He returned to recording solo in 2014 with a French trio, the Jazz Bastards. The results, titled Film of Life, featured guest appearances by Albarn, American-born Nigerian singer Kuku, and the renowned vocal ensemble Adunni & Nefertiti. It was released by Jazz Village in October 2014.
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