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The name may not be familiar, but the Lafayette Afro Rock Band's grooves certainly are. A veritable sampler's paradise, snippets of their hip-hugger-tight funk have served as the bedrock of innumerable rap records, most notably Public Enemy's "Show 'Em Whatcha Got." Darkest Light assembles 15 tracks from the group's mid-'70s heyday, revealing a deep, versatile unit truly justified in adopting such an international name -- their music indeed embraces both Afrobeat and Western psychedelia in equal measure, complete with hard-edged guitar riffs, incendiary sax breaks, and blistering rhythms. Although the title track inspired Public Enemy, "Hihache" also features a much-sampled drum intro and the relentless "Conga" later resurfaced on a volume of the Ultimate Breaks & Beats series. But to break this music down to its base elements is to do the greater whole a grave disservice -- Darkest Light merits discussion alongside any of the great documents of classic funk.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Arthur Young, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1974 Musidisc
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Lafayette Hudson, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1975 Musidisc
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Leroy Gomez, Composer - Fantasia Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1974 Musidisc
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Ernest Donny Donable, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1975 Musidisc
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Lafayette Hudson, Composer - Fantasia Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1974 Musidisc
Ice, Main Artist - Arthur Young, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1976 Musidisc
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Michael McEwan, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM
2009 Strut 1975 Musidisc
Ice, Main Artist - Jean-Paul Guilbert, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1978 Musidisc
Ice, Main Artist - Frank Abel, Arthur Young, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1974 Topomic Music
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Manu Dibango, Composer - Makossa Publishing (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1974 Musidisc
Ice, Main Artist - Arthur Young, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1978 Musidisc
Crispy & Co., Main Artist - Frank Abel, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1978 Creole Records Ltd.
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Main Artist - Ronnie James Buttacavoli, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1977 RCA
Crispy & Co., Main Artist - Daniel Vangarde, Composer - Bleu Blanc Rouge Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1978 Creole Records Ltd
Captain Dax, Main Artist - Frank Abel, Composer - Topomic Music (SACEM)
2009 Strut 1976 Kedzie
Album review
The name may not be familiar, but the Lafayette Afro Rock Band's grooves certainly are. A veritable sampler's paradise, snippets of their hip-hugger-tight funk have served as the bedrock of innumerable rap records, most notably Public Enemy's "Show 'Em Whatcha Got." Darkest Light assembles 15 tracks from the group's mid-'70s heyday, revealing a deep, versatile unit truly justified in adopting such an international name -- their music indeed embraces both Afrobeat and Western psychedelia in equal measure, complete with hard-edged guitar riffs, incendiary sax breaks, and blistering rhythms. Although the title track inspired Public Enemy, "Hihache" also features a much-sampled drum intro and the relentless "Conga" later resurfaced on a volume of the Ultimate Breaks & Beats series. But to break this music down to its base elements is to do the greater whole a grave disservice -- Darkest Light merits discussion alongside any of the great documents of classic funk.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:50
- Main artists: Lafayette Afro Rock Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Strut
- Genre: World
2009 Strut 1974 Musidisc
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