Keith Bear - Earthlodge CD

Earthlodge CD music. Includes liner notes by Jacqueline Grandchamp-Thiam, Rikki Stein and Mabinuori Kayode Idowu. Digitally remastered by Pompon (Translab Paris, Paris, France). Two 1975 albums, Monkey Banana and Excuse O, are combined onto this single-disc CD reissue. With two tracks of about a dozen minutes each, Monkey Banana was really more an extended single than a proper album, reflecting a time at which Fela's music was moving even more into long extended grooves. Both of the two cuts, "Monkey Banana" and "Sense Wiseness," have his characteristic blends of improvisational-sounding trades between various instruments and lead and chanting backup vocals, along with his minor-based melodies. "Monkey Banana" reflects his social consciousness in deploring the poor conditions of workers' lives in Nigeria. "Sense Wiseness" has a funkier beat and prominent high, glistening electric keyboards, the backdrop for lyrics criticizing the educated segment of Africa's population for absorbing Western ways. Excuse O again presents two songs in the ten- to 15-minute range occupying entire sides of the release. The 13-minute title cut of "Excuse O" is not much different than his usual excursions into Afro-funk-jazz fusion from the era, though at this point he was moving into rhythms that were more jittery and African-sounding than those he had used on many early-'70s efforts. "Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is the Boss" is his bid for the "longest word used in a song title" contest. The novelty of that title aside, it's one of the better cuts from his mid-'70s discography, with remarkably spooky, effective organ with that odd varispeed tone that sounds like it's playing on warped vinyl, a slow ominous groove, and a blunt critique of Africa's educational system. ~ Richie Unterberger 2 LPs on 1 CD: MONKEY BANANA (1975)/EXCUSE ZERO (1975). Personnel includes: Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Christopher Waifor, Leke Benson, Tunde Williams, Nicholas Addo. Producer: Fela Kuti Reissue producer: Jean-Pierre Haie

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