Shabaka And The Ancestors – Wisdom Of Elders 2LP (Gatefold)

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Shabaka And The Ancestors – Wisdom Of Elders 2LP (Gatefold)Creating from an abiding space beyond the instruments, compositions, and arrangements, Shabaka Hutchings' African sojourn tuned him into a higher energy source, and he plays his music from that dimension. Of course, a lot of the credit goes to the accompanying musicians on this project, for they were his enthusiastic guides and accomplices on this spiritual endeavor. This is music of the utmost caliber, performed with an unrefined attitude, taking

The LP opens up with the bright and uplifting disco-swing gem and title track "Funky Disco Music"

although session musicians Anthony Thistlethwaite

4 Black Dice

giving further depth to the richly bizarre songcraft of Colin Meloy: an aristocratic Jewess

Certainly his generally terse spoken word bits practically drip with the man's essence -- talking about "Annihilate": "This is a song about killing yourself to live

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and Pharrell

6 For How Long 1

why not keep the formula untouched

1 Let's Have a Naural Ball 1

9 Where No One Stands Alone 1

always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse

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