Afro-Disco Makossa

Description

Afro-Disco Makossa is the first album from Linear Labs designed strictly for the dance floor, and Younge is the best person to do it. He didn't arrive at afrobeat as an outsider paying homage. Through his sister label Jazz Is Dead, he has already helped define what modern afrobeat can sound like. His sessions with Tony Allen, co-creator of the genre, and highlife pioneer Ebo Taylor not only enriched his musical vocabulary — they produced two celebrated modern classics. Afro-Disco Makossa is what happens when this same artist poses a different question: what would a Ghanaian producer have created in 1976 if he wanted to make an American disco record for his hometown? The result is a sonic patchwork of afrobeat, funk, and disco tailored for the DJ of any era.