Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Legenda Fela Kutin nuorimmainen, Seun Kuti, on erittäin harvinaisella klubikeikalla Musinessa! Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 on esiintynyt Suomessa aiemmin Flow-festivaalilla ja Pori Jazzissa. Tänä vuonna kokoonpano nähdään myös Maailma Kylässä - festivaalin päälavalla.

Maailmanmusiikin huippu, nigerialainen afrobeat-muusikko ja laulaja Seun Kuti kiinnostui musiikista jo viisivuotiaana isänsä, Fela Kutin jalanjäljissä. Yhdeksänvuotiaana hän lauloi mukana isänsä Egypt 80 -yhtyeen keikoilla, ja jo 12-vuotiaana hän oli virallisesti yhtyeen jäsenenä. Vuonna 1997, isänsä kuoleman jälkeen, 14-vuotias Kuti otti paikan yhtyeen johtajana.

Afrobeatissa länsiafrikkalaiset musiikkityylit sekä amerikkalaiset funk-, jazz- ja soulvaikutteet yhdistyvät monimutkaisiin rytmeihin ja lyömäsoittimiin.

Kutin ensimmäinen Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80 -albumi (WM Recordings) julkaistiin vuonna 2008. Vuonna 2011 julkaistu From Africa With Fury: Rise -albumi (Knitting Factory Records) nousi sekä Billboardin että kansainvälisille digitaalisille listoille. Kokoonpanon Black Times -albumi (Strut Records, 2018) oli Grammy-ehdokkaana vuonna 2019.

Musinen lavaa laajennetaan keikkaa varten ja lavalle saapuu kenties Musinen toistaiseksi monijäsenisin kokoonpano yhteensä yhdeksän hengen ryhmällä! Keikka järjestetään yhteistyössä SaloJazz ry:n kanssa.

Ravintolassa on tarjolla Afrikkalainen menu keikkapäivänä! Ruokailija, varaathan pöydän ennakkoon: https://www.musine.fi/poytavaraus.

ENG: Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer and legend Fela Kuti. He has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father's political and musical legacy as the leader of his father's former band Egypt 80.

Kuti was born in early 1983. He showed interest in his father's music from the age of five, and at nine began opening Fela's shows, singing a select group of songs with Egypt 80 before his dad took the stage. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. Fela passed in 1997, and Seun, in fulfillment of his father's wishes, assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80; he has run it ever since. During his teens, Kuti divided his time between the band and school, participating in African Football. From the time he was 18, he pursued music full-time. His shows were always a mix of his father's tunes and his own. Although the elder Kuti never performed his recorded work on-stage, Seun felt it important that these compositions get a live hearing and added them to his own set.

Along the way, Seun began to add his own twist to the music, digging deep into various African traditions to reflect the continent's struggles and cultures. His debut recording, Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80, was initially issued by WM Recordings in 2008, and later picked up for distribution by Mr. Bongo. While many outside Africa criticized it for using the Egypt 80 name, critics embraced its musical drive and improvisational fervor. Mr. Bongo also released his Many Things set later that year, which drew more praise than criticism.

Seun toured globally and played for enthusiastically receptive audiences in Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Paris, London, Tokyo, and especially Lagos. In 2011, He cut From Africa with Fury: Rise for Knitting Factory Records. It was co-produced with Brian Eno and John Reynolds. The set proved to be his breakthrough; it landed on both Billboard and digital International Charts. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 toured the globe relentlessly, often playing multi-hour shows that were as heavy on group improvisation as they were on composition. The music never deviated from the overtly political. The younger Kuti continued to state that "Fela will always be number one," despite the fact that he was shifting and transforming Afrobeat with his own growing, evolving musical signature. "As the son of Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti carries a torch for infectious grooves and political songwriting."