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Antibalas are a small army of Brooklynites who make freewheeling,
action-packed music inspired by the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. The
twelve-member-plus collective's fourth album offers jazzy Afro-Latin jams
that are intricately assembled and totally rock in spots. The brass and
keyboards organize themselves into riffs and tunes that overlap and
soar toward heaven, underpinned by grooves ranging from invigorating funk
("Beaten Metal") to breezy shuffles ("AGE") to terrific pan-Latin
bounce ("I.C.E."). Vocalists chime in now and then and drop some lefty
needling on "Filibuster X," and titles like "War Hero" might make you think
that Security is heavy listening, but this is big-time party music,
plain and simple.
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