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Tony Allen, inventor of the Afro-beat rythmn and drums of such hi regard brought out a bit of a classice with Lagos No Shaking before he went off collborating with Honest Jon himself, Damon Albarn.

In fact old Honest Jon’s got serious on the 12” releases as ‘Moyege’, ‘One Tree’, ‘Kilode’ and ‘Ole’ and came out. The album starts with the hi-tempo ‘Ise Nla’ and keeps the funk going right up toh the end with arguably the best of the set, the stripped down instrumental ‘Gbedu’ that’s busy and simple all at the same time.

For once the contents are a good as the cover and it doesn’t really matter how old this album is, it’ll always sound good. And just to emphasis the point, don’t forget Vampi’s CD set Afro Disco Beat (that came out at the time of Tony being on African Soul Rebel Tour earlier in the year) that includes his first four solo album’s Jealousy (1975), Progress (1976), No Accomodation For Lagos (1978) and No Discrimination (1979). Even though Allen is now in his seventies, he can still caputure the imagination of the Beat Generation and long may he continue.

Reviewed: Tony Allen - Lagos No Shaking (Honest Jon’s Records) Cat. No. HJRCD20 Released: 2006
Tracklisting:
1 Ise Nla (5:19)
2 Morose (6:14)
3 Aye Le (5:30)
4 Losun (5:27) (Currently on myspace)
5 One Tree (3:58) (Currently on myspace)
6 Ole (5:30)
7 Kilode (5:14)
8 Awa Na Re (4:53) (Currently on myspace)
9 Ogogoro (5:37)
10 Moyege (6:08)
11 Obedu (5:17)

Links
www.tony-allen.com
www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeat
www.myspace.com/afrobeatnolimit
www.felaspirit.com
www.honestjons.com