Fela Kuti - Everything Scatter / Noise for Vendor Mouth
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Artist: Fela KutiEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-20
Music Label: Wrasse Records
Soundtracks:
- Everything Scatter
- Who No Know Go Know
- Noise for Vendor Mouth
- Mattress
Music reviews of Everything Scatter / Noise for Vendor Mouth
Music Review: A very fun Fela collection
Rating: 4 Stars
This Wrasse reissue contains four songs by Nigerian musical legend Fela Kuti recorded in the mid-1970s. Fela's style is Afrobeat, funk exuberance joined to Yoruban rhythms and slowly evolving over a long span (the four tracks here hover around 15 minutes!). There are rarely any surprises in hearing a new Fela recording, but the perennial elements of brass, organ, conga drums and female backing singers are always elegantly arranged and the music is downright infectious.
"Everything Scatter" is one of Fela's first observations on how dysfunctional a country Nigeria is, but it doesn't yet rise to the level of political criticism that marked later Fela. In "Noise for Vendor Mouth", Fela compares all the trash talk that he and his bold generation were getting to the nonsensical cries of street vendors. "Who No Know Go Now" is a call for Pan-Africanism and a scourging criticism of Idi Amin. "Mattress" is one of Fela's more controversial songs, a praise of womanhood that basically sends the message that she is there only to serve her man.
The musicianship here is at a high level, and four tracks on one disc makes for pretty varied Fela. If it weren't for "Mattress", which leaves a bad taste in one's mouth, this would be a great introduction to Fela's work. As it is, try "Zombie" or "Unknown Soldier" first, but pick this one up not long after.
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