Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra

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Amayo. the lead singer of Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, has made a great laid back afrobeat album "1st Kung Fu Lesson of life" which will please all who love the Afrobeat genre. AMAYO'S FU-ARKIST-RA is a unique afro-beat ensemble based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The music is a combination of traditional Chinese Lion rhythms and Nigerian Afro-beat. This unique blend of styles creates a vivid and magical landscape for stories, lessons, and dances of ancient Chinese and African folklore. Songs in the repertory include ‘Amen-awon’, ‘Wounded Lion’, ‘Lion Awakes’ and ‘Happy Lion’. The result is a lethal fusion called FU-Afrobeat: a blend of African spiritual rhythms, Traditional Chinese lion rhythms, highlife, funk, and jazz, infused with political messages. The band’s diverse spectrum of backgrounds carries the spirit of Kung Fu masters and philosophers of the Orient, Freedom fighters, the Royal warriors of Edo & Ife Kingdoms, and Fela Kuti. ABOUT AMAYO SINGER,COMPOSER & PIANIST As the lead singer, percussionist and composer for Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Amayo has ignited festival crowds and packed audiences into a frenzy across the US, Western and Eastern Europe, and Japan. Continuing in the tradition of Fela Kuti, Amayo presents the world with his one-of-a-kind style of music, dance, and martial arts - FU-ARKIST-RA. In addition to composing and arranging all the songs, Amayo sings and plays piano and organ intermixed with charged performances of traditional African lyr

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First Kung Fu Lessons of Life

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Afrobeat Disciples

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Funk Aid For Africa

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Funk Aid For Africa (Mixed & Compiled by DJ Obah)

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fist of flowers

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Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra

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Afrobeat Disciples (2001)

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1st Kung Fu lessions of Life

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deixaeudormir - contemporary afrobeat 2

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Live at Zebulon, Brooklyn NY

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Music is My Lethal Weapon - Training Sessions

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