Play It Loud: Les Barons and "Lagos Sound System"

A collaboration between three French producers in London creating music under the name of Les Barons is responsible for today's tune, called Lagos Sound System. These producers assembled a number of musicians from many musical genres that make up modern London, and created music that draws on influences from Brazilian, French, African, and Latin music along with techno, electronica and new music. Lagos Sound System is inspired by the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, and you can hear echoes of the complex drum rhythms that drew on traditional Nigerian music and American funk and jazz. You can find Lagos Sound System on the various artists compilation Putumayo Presents: African Beat (2013).

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Source: http://www.putumayo.org