Fofoulah. It’s there. Daega Rek. The truth.
It’s here.
This is one of the most progressive and
innovative albums of this year.
As soon as the needle hits Nyari Garong we
are transported to the outskirts of what we were led to believe was the real
World. Say goodbye to your old self, you are never going to be the same again.
Electronica glitches through frightening
and beautiful shamanic chants, quickfire sabar beats punch holes in your daily
lives and fill them with futuristic melodies and Wolof tales.
Everything shifts
with such fluidity and shockingly raw power that any other music that you might
care to listen to afterwards will seem limp and bland.
They explore many avenues of what is to be
human. With deft and dynamic drumbeats pulsing through their music, there is no
time to settle back in an easy chair. Seye (Marriage) is a shapeshifting and
hypnotic track. The title track, Daega Rek, is subtle and smooth, focusing on
reality and the truth.
The combined talents of Kaw Secka
(Sabar/vocals), Tom Challenger (Sax/synths), Batch Gueye (Vocals/dance), Phil
Stevenson (Guitar), John Brierley (Bass) and Dave Smith (Drums) creates a
fusion that is mesmerising and intricate. Hip-hop dances with wild West African
trance, jazz trips with electro lightning strikes and they come together in a
sweeping embrace of different cultures. They are creating Worlds within Worlds.
The band are set and ready, not just for
the release of Daega Rek, but also for a tour of the U.K. which will unleash
this fierce and stunning collective on audiences from the South West to
Glasgow, with two Danish gigs in between. Are the people of The World ready for
the genre busting Fofoulah and their astonishing Afro-Dub explosions? Maybe
not. But they will definitely leave those venues with their minds firmly blown
and their hands clutching treasured new albums.
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