Juno Daily

Music and tech news, interviews, features, reviews and more.

Visit Juno Daily

100% Sicheres Einkaufen

Studio equipment

Our full range of studio equipment from all the leading equipment and software brands. Guaranteed fast delivery and low prices.

Visit Juno Studio

100% Sicheres Einkaufen

DJ equipment

Our full range of DJ equipment from all the leading equipment and software brands. Guaranteed fast delivery and low prices. Visit Juno DJ

today only
USD
Meine Sprache
Meine Währung
Your wishlist is empty
Items in wishlist:
Recently added:
Loading...
Cart
Dein Warenkorb ist leer.
Items in cart:
Zwischensumme:
Recently added:
Loading...
Warenkorb anzeigen
Startseite  Artists  Tony Allen
Receive new release alerts for Tony Allen

Filter

Release Date

TONY ALLEN Schallplatten & CDs

Browse the latest Vinyl & CD releases by Tony Allen
Tags: Afro Funk | Afrobeat | African | Afro Jazz | Dub
Artikel 1 bis 7 von 7 auf Seite 1 von 1 anzeigen
Jazz Is Dead 18
Jazz Is Dead 18 (limited gold vinyl LP in die-cut sleeve)
Cat: JID 018LPLTD. Rel: 06 Jul 23
 
Funk
Ebun (5:38)
Steady Tremble (3:06)
Oladipo (5:16)
Don't Believe The Dancers (3:01)
Makoko (2:33)
Lagos (2:57)
No Beginning (2:49)
No End (2:34)
Review: This is a posthumous album by the Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, one of the pioneers of Afrobeat music and a longtime collaborator with the genre's founder, and activist, Fela Kuti. The album features Allen's last recordings before his death in 2020 - which were in turn produced by the American composer, lawyer and producer Adrian Younge, otherwise known for his most prominent work with rappers Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar and Jay Z. Guided by Younge's chops on production, the album hears Allen's trademark stark, cacophonous funky-drummed rapture, amid a heavenly collision of keyboard janks and offbeat shoulder-raising shrugs.
Read more
Gespielt von: Juno Recommends Funk
 in stock $36.05
NEPA: Never Expect Power Always
Cat: COMET 102. Rel: 07 Oct 21
 
International
NEPA (Never Expect Power Always) (7:37)
NEPA (dance dub) (7:40)
When One Road Close (Another One Go Open) (6:47)
Road Close (dance dub) (6:43)
Olokun (3:45)
Review: Heroic Nigerian drummer Tony Allen put out this landmark album in 1984, but the sounds bare all the hallmarks of his best 70s material. The grooves are super chunky and many say the title track here is one of Allen's best ever tunes. It has a punchy hook and political sentiment that really resonates while the rest of the tunes are not too shabby either. There wired up with electronics next to the trumpets, drums and percussion and have a super cool Celluloid Electric Africa vibe as a result. A regal and dub version is included of that title track meaning this reissue won't hang around for long.
Read more
Tags: Dub | African | Afrobeat | Afro Funk
 in stock $28.16
Homecooking (reissue)
Cat: COMET 075LP. Rel: 07 Oct 16
 
Funk
Woman To Man (feat Ty) (4:48)
Kindness (5:21)
Every Season (feat Damon Albarn & Ty) (4:07)
Don't Fight (9:07)
Calling (feat Mary & Norman) (4:32)
Home Cooking (4:44)
Jakelewah (4:56)
Crazy Afrobeat (4:54)
What's Your Fashion (5:00)
Eparapo (7:13)
Review: On its' original release in 2002, Tony Allen's HomeCookin album was arguably a little overlooked. Like its' predecessor, 1999's Black Voices, the set updated the legendary drummer's Afrobeat sound for a new millennium. As this timely reissue proves, it was a particularly successful exercise. The album's genius lies in the Nigerian sticks-man's combination of traditional elements - most notably his loose, skittish polyrhythms, guitars and punchy horns - with elements of future-jazz, modern soul (see the brilliant Eska collaboration, "What's Your Fashion") and hip-hop. British rapper Ty excels himself on a number of killer cuts, though it's a more traditional Allen style dancefloor workout - the sublime "Crazy Afrobeat" - that really stands out.
Read more
Tags: African | Afrobeat | Afro Funk
 in stock $27.11
No Discrimination
Cat: COMET 097. Rel: 20 May 21
 
Funk
No Discrimination (8:18)
Road Safety (8:08)
Ariya (8:42)
Love Is A Natural Thing (9:09)
Review: Comet Records continue their Afrika 70 reissue series with more from the pioneering and visionary Tony Allen and The Afro Messengers. It focuses on his best material from the late 70s, remasters it all and presses it nice and loud. The No Discrimination LP is as relevant now as ever in terms of its messaging, and musically it also holds up. The lyrics are socio-politically charged. The drumming is tight as hell and though this marks Allen's first solo album away from Fela's band, it finds him in fine form as he takes afrobeat into the future.
Read more
Tags: African | Afrobeat | Afro Funk
 in stock $26.31
Jazz Is Dead 18
Jazz Is Dead 18 (LP in die-cut sleeve)
Cat: JID 018LP. Rel: 06 Jul 23
 
Funk
Ebun (5:38)
Steady Tremble (3:06)
Oladipo (5:16)
Don't Believe The Dancers (3:01)
Makoko (2:33)
Lagos (2:57)
No Beginning (2:49)
No End (2:34)
Review: This is a posthumous tribute album to the late Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who was one of the pioneers of Afrobeat music and a longtime collaborator of Fela Kuti. The album features Allen's drumming mixed with new compositions by the American producer Adrian Younge, who is known for his work with artists like Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. The pronouncement that "jazz is dead" is certainly a controversial one, but Younge's aim there is to equate Allen with the spirit of jazz as a whole. The jubilant warpery and tremolo-ing flutes of lead tracks like 'Ebun' should be enough to know: like the impenetrable durability of jazz, Allen will live on through his work.
Read more
 in stock $22.90
Rejoice
Rejoice (180 gram vinyl LP with obi-strip)
Cat: 405053 855749. Rel: 20 Mar 20
 
International
Robbers Thugs & Muggers (O'Galajani) (4:36)
Agbada Bougou (5:23)
Coconut Jam (3:22)
Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same) (3:49)
Slow Bones (5:48)
Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) (5:36)
Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (4:39)
We've Landed (4:39)
Review: Two titans of African music come together for a collaboration that will sadly never be repeated after the passing of the late Hugh Masekela. Allen's instantly recognisable drumming and Masekela's iconic trumpet are a match made in heaven - after all their paths first crossed back in the 70s thanks to Fela Kuti's galvanizing energy. Forget the throwback stuff trying to capture the spirit of the originators, this IS the originators sounding cool and deadly in every way. Funk lovers, Afrobeat heads, curious ears and dancing souls take heed - this right here is an unmissable transmission from two grandmasters in their field.
Read more
 in stock $15.26
Jazz Is Dead 18
Cat: JID 018CD. Rel: 06 Jul 23
 
Funk
Ebun
Steady Tremble
Oladipo
Don't Believe The Dancers
Makoko
Lagos
No Beginning
No End
Review: Arriving sometime after the passing of legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, and utilising some of the final recordings he made during his lifetime, the latest edition of Adrian Younge's Jazz Is Dead series is naturally tinged with melancholy. Yet Younge refuses to succumb to emotion, and instead uses Allen's impeccable grooves and polyrhythmic patterns as the basis of tracks that blend jazz, Afrobeat, Afro-funk and soul. There's a classic Fela Kuti feel to opener 'Ebun', where sax lines reminiscent of the Nigerian musical icon rise above a typically crunchy Allen groove, pots and pans percussion and ear-catching bass, while the flute-sporting 'Don't Believe The Dancers' adds a little more jazziness into its righteous blend of heavy Afrobeat horns, meandering solos and loose-limbed grooves. In other words, it's a spot-on tribute to a genuine musical legend.
Read more
 in stock $9.36
Artikel 1 bis 7 von 7 auf Seite 1 von 1 anzeigen
Cart subtotal: