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With his quartet
Here Lies Man
, guitarist/composer/arranger
Chico Mann
and his band explore the unlikely nexus point of
Black Sabbath
and
Fela Kuti
, pairing blazing, metal-informed riffs with Afrobeat rhythms. Some members of
came from work with the long-running Afrobeat collective
Antibalas
, and their heavy take on the sound resulted in multiple high-powered releases, beginning with a self-titled album in 2017.
Double Life
introduces an interesting conceptual twist, taking 14 tracks from across
's discography (right up to their fourth full-length, 2020's
Ritual Divination
) and reworking them, stripping away the vocals, toning down the metal edges, and pushing the songs into a more woozy, funk-fortified territory. The album is released under
Mann
's name, but all four members of
play the tunes in a live-in-the-studio setting, which is ironic considering that early
records were largely the studio creations where
played most of the instruments himself. The live tracking and loose atmosphere of
allows the band to gel in a way that's nostalgic and dreamy, sounding instantly like an album made 40 years or more before its time. In its original form on
's 2018 album
You Will Know Nothing
, the song "Summon Fire" was a fireball of distorted guitar blasts and frenzied vocals full of apocalyptic imagery. On
, the fully instrumental version puts the organ in the forefront, with the wobbly guitar figures and swaggering percussion taking supportive roles in an arrangement that's more New Orleans funk than stoner metal. Songs like "That Much Closer to Nothing" and "Blindness" retain some of the tightly wound energy of their originals, but translate the foreboding dread of heavy guitars and tense rhythms into something decidedly more lighthearted. On the whole,
recasts the ominous tones of
's work into shuffling and cinematic grooves. The album speaks to the dexterity of both the musicians and the songs themselves, which are flexible enough to shine whether they're presented as diabolical Afro-metal or more relaxed soundtrack fare. ~ Fred Thomas
Here Lies Man
, guitarist/composer/arranger
Chico Mann
and his band explore the unlikely nexus point of
Black Sabbath
and
Fela Kuti
, pairing blazing, metal-informed riffs with Afrobeat rhythms. Some members of
came from work with the long-running Afrobeat collective
Antibalas
, and their heavy take on the sound resulted in multiple high-powered releases, beginning with a self-titled album in 2017.
Double Life
introduces an interesting conceptual twist, taking 14 tracks from across
's discography (right up to their fourth full-length, 2020's
Ritual Divination
) and reworking them, stripping away the vocals, toning down the metal edges, and pushing the songs into a more woozy, funk-fortified territory. The album is released under
Mann
's name, but all four members of
play the tunes in a live-in-the-studio setting, which is ironic considering that early
records were largely the studio creations where
played most of the instruments himself. The live tracking and loose atmosphere of
allows the band to gel in a way that's nostalgic and dreamy, sounding instantly like an album made 40 years or more before its time. In its original form on
's 2018 album
You Will Know Nothing
, the song "Summon Fire" was a fireball of distorted guitar blasts and frenzied vocals full of apocalyptic imagery. On
, the fully instrumental version puts the organ in the forefront, with the wobbly guitar figures and swaggering percussion taking supportive roles in an arrangement that's more New Orleans funk than stoner metal. Songs like "That Much Closer to Nothing" and "Blindness" retain some of the tightly wound energy of their originals, but translate the foreboding dread of heavy guitars and tense rhythms into something decidedly more lighthearted. On the whole,
recasts the ominous tones of
's work into shuffling and cinematic grooves. The album speaks to the dexterity of both the musicians and the songs themselves, which are flexible enough to shine whether they're presented as diabolical Afro-metal or more relaxed soundtrack fare. ~ Fred Thomas
With his quartet
Here Lies Man
, guitarist/composer/arranger
Chico Mann
and his band explore the unlikely nexus point of
Black Sabbath
and
Fela Kuti
, pairing blazing, metal-informed riffs with Afrobeat rhythms. Some members of
came from work with the long-running Afrobeat collective
Antibalas
, and their heavy take on the sound resulted in multiple high-powered releases, beginning with a self-titled album in 2017.
Double Life
introduces an interesting conceptual twist, taking 14 tracks from across
's discography (right up to their fourth full-length, 2020's
Ritual Divination
) and reworking them, stripping away the vocals, toning down the metal edges, and pushing the songs into a more woozy, funk-fortified territory. The album is released under
Mann
's name, but all four members of
play the tunes in a live-in-the-studio setting, which is ironic considering that early
records were largely the studio creations where
played most of the instruments himself. The live tracking and loose atmosphere of
allows the band to gel in a way that's nostalgic and dreamy, sounding instantly like an album made 40 years or more before its time. In its original form on
's 2018 album
You Will Know Nothing
, the song "Summon Fire" was a fireball of distorted guitar blasts and frenzied vocals full of apocalyptic imagery. On
, the fully instrumental version puts the organ in the forefront, with the wobbly guitar figures and swaggering percussion taking supportive roles in an arrangement that's more New Orleans funk than stoner metal. Songs like "That Much Closer to Nothing" and "Blindness" retain some of the tightly wound energy of their originals, but translate the foreboding dread of heavy guitars and tense rhythms into something decidedly more lighthearted. On the whole,
recasts the ominous tones of
's work into shuffling and cinematic grooves. The album speaks to the dexterity of both the musicians and the songs themselves, which are flexible enough to shine whether they're presented as diabolical Afro-metal or more relaxed soundtrack fare. ~ Fred Thomas
Here Lies Man
, guitarist/composer/arranger
Chico Mann
and his band explore the unlikely nexus point of
Black Sabbath
and
Fela Kuti
, pairing blazing, metal-informed riffs with Afrobeat rhythms. Some members of
came from work with the long-running Afrobeat collective
Antibalas
, and their heavy take on the sound resulted in multiple high-powered releases, beginning with a self-titled album in 2017.
Double Life
introduces an interesting conceptual twist, taking 14 tracks from across
's discography (right up to their fourth full-length, 2020's
Ritual Divination
) and reworking them, stripping away the vocals, toning down the metal edges, and pushing the songs into a more woozy, funk-fortified territory. The album is released under
Mann
's name, but all four members of
play the tunes in a live-in-the-studio setting, which is ironic considering that early
records were largely the studio creations where
played most of the instruments himself. The live tracking and loose atmosphere of
allows the band to gel in a way that's nostalgic and dreamy, sounding instantly like an album made 40 years or more before its time. In its original form on
's 2018 album
You Will Know Nothing
, the song "Summon Fire" was a fireball of distorted guitar blasts and frenzied vocals full of apocalyptic imagery. On
, the fully instrumental version puts the organ in the forefront, with the wobbly guitar figures and swaggering percussion taking supportive roles in an arrangement that's more New Orleans funk than stoner metal. Songs like "That Much Closer to Nothing" and "Blindness" retain some of the tightly wound energy of their originals, but translate the foreboding dread of heavy guitars and tense rhythms into something decidedly more lighthearted. On the whole,
recasts the ominous tones of
's work into shuffling and cinematic grooves. The album speaks to the dexterity of both the musicians and the songs themselves, which are flexible enough to shine whether they're presented as diabolical Afro-metal or more relaxed soundtrack fare. ~ Fred Thomas
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