Afro Beat Down - Los Angeles' Premier Afro Beat Ensemble

Sandra texted me to come meet Tony Allen at his rehearsal for his Mayan Show in Los Angeles.
He is an amazingly humble beautiful man! WHAT AN HONOR!!!

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FELA! MUSICAL BLOGs about Sandra Izsadore and ABD!!!!!!!

Here we played the final closing party for the cast and crew of FELA! on their last day in Los Angeles!
Thanks Sandra Izsadore for helping to make this happen, and sitting in with us with the rest of the cast!!

ABD on Pandora We now officially have a station to call our own!

Viewing Pleasure - some ABD live videos

"Thanks for keeping the Afrobeat burning on the West Coast!" - Martin Perna , Antibalas

"You got the afrobeat thang hooked up!...give them a round of applause and show them some love!...these guys are BAD!" - Sandra Izsadore , Fela's "Africa '70"

ABD on MYSPACE ...Are you our friend yet...?

Afrobeat is a COMMUNITY!

Afrobeat Academy . Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra . AfroSteg . Akoya . Aiyekooto . Albino . Amayo's fu-arkist-ra . Antibalas . Aphrodesia . Asiko . Ayetoro . Baba . Baoku . CAbP . Chopteeth . Daktaris . Dele sosimi . Fanga . Femm Nameless . Five Alarm Funk . Fulanis . Ikwunga . Imo & One Africa Band . Jujuba . Kalakuta Moziak . Kola Ogunkoya . Kokolo . Kotoja . Massak . Mexico 68 . Mifune . Mr. Something Something . Nomo . Odu . Ramses Revolution . Segun Damisa . The SuperPowers . Ultra Magnus . Wonderland . Wunmi . Zozo Afrobeat . Zingabe . Zongo Junction .

The Masters :

Femi Kuti & Positive Force (Lagos)
Tony Allen (Lagos / France)
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Lagos)

If we are missing any Afrobeat Bands, contact us.

OUR latest CD, "Lamp of the body" Available Internationally @ CDBABY
5 songs. 47 minutes of music. a live FELA cover.

Also at the iTUNES MUSIC STORE.

Fela Lyrics compiled
by David McDavitt (ChopTeeth).

ABD Interview with FLY GLOBAL MUSIC MAGAZINE.

Sincere Blessings to SANDRA IZSADORE (Original member of Fela Kuti's "Africa 70" band). Check out the Jambase Article

Our Aloha for all the support from Nnamdi @ Radio Afrodicia KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles. Saturdays 2pm - 4pm.

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