When he met up with Fela Kuti in the 1960s they collaborated first in the renowned highlife-jazz band, Koola Lobitos before setting the world on fire with Kuti’s Afrobeat. Listening to the recordings of the great American bebop drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach, he invented a technique that he gradually refined by honing his command of the cymbals, in particular the hi-hat, little used by African drummers – and the tom-toms. Born in Lagos in 1940 Tony never took up traditional African percussion. Tony Allen revolutionised the musical landscape of an entire continent influencing the course of Western pop music. Ranging in tempo from 82 bpm to 164 there are Afrobeat grooves spanning Tony’s 50 year career including a few grooves inspired by tracks he produced with Damon Albarn. All of the tracks are about five minutes long and contain plenty of intricate fills and grooves played expertly by Tony. The rhythms are complex but sound effortless. With this sample album we bring you twenty three drum tracks of Afrobeat magic. Tony is renowned for providing the drum parts to the Afrobeat genre created by Fela Kuti. Afro Drops is the first sample pack to be released anywhere from the legendary Tony Allen.
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