Fela Kuti - Zombie

The Nigerian musician Fela Kuti is considered the founder of Afrobeat. The Knitting Factory label is now presenting various works from the back catalog as a new vinyl edition. These originally came from the "Vinyl Box 3/Compiled by Brian Eno" set compiled by Brian Eno and were not available separately. Black vinyl / 180g. The 1976 album uses the term "zombie" to mean a soldier. Because a total of 1000 soldiers marched towards the buildings of the Kalakuta Republic, the recording studios of Fela Kuti. Not only was the equipment destroyed, footage confiscated and Fela Kuti severely beaten during this action, but Fela Kuti's mother was thrown out of a first floor window. As a result, she was in a coma for weeks. A huge turning point in Fela Kuti's biography and a country's violent reaction to his music!