9/22/2023 0 Comments Bombay royale band“Africa is the worlds experiment,” he proclaims, “you want austerity? We’ve had it for years. Kuti is all over the stage writhing in time with the music, offering urgent sax solos, though also stopping occasionally to talk politics. This is the way music should be, relentless, primal, and precise. Next up they launch into Fire Dance from their debut album and the band feel even tighter. He’s playing his fathers Zombie “out of respect for the man,” and it’s incredible to the point of being overwhelming. Kuti appears and is immediately onto the sax, kicking everything up a notch. Afrobeat doesn’t get more urgent, more life affirming than this. Their sound is well honed after decades of performing, taut, primed ready to explode. When Egypt 80 take to the stage The Hi Fi Bar is bursting at the seams. In front of a typically excitable AWME crowd they tear through tracks from their recent debut album You Me Bullets Love, the searing funk of Sote Sote Adhi Raat a highlight. There’s a cruise ship captain and the horn section wear masks. Melbourne’s The Bombay Royale look to Bollywood for inspiration, buying into a fantasy world of surf guitar, super villains, and damsels in distress.
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