{"product_id":"tony-allen_secret-agent-cd_2024_uni","title":"Secret Agent","description":"World Circuit Records built its reputation by producing some of the best albums of the last three decades, and is proud to reissue on vinyl the classic 'Secret Agent' by the inventor of the afrobeat sound (with Fela Kuti), Tony Allen. An intoxicating and essential album from one of the greatest drummers of all time.Tony Allen has long been recognized as the most original drummer on the planet, and one of the most influential musicians from the African continent. His playing is influenced by highlife, soul-funk, jazz, and traditional Nigerian rhythms. Alongside Fela Kuti and the Africa 70's group with whom he played for fifteen years, Allen created afrobeat, that music with a hypnotic rhythm, based on few chords played in loops by guitars and keyboards, embellished with powerful and melodic brass riffs, all tied to the social, political, and urban context of its time. This style became a dominant force in Africa and a reference worldwide.The album \"Secret Agent\", a magnificent demonstration of afrobeat, marks Allen's debut on World Circuit, and his first release since he created The Good, The Bad, And The Queen with Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, and Simon Tong. Afrobeat is currently experiencing a resurgence of interest, and for fans of hip-hop, funk, and jazz, Allen, who is the keeper of its flame, is revered as its living master.Produced by Tony Allen himself, \"Secret Agent\" was recorded with his long-standing touring band, composed of musicians from Nigeria, Cameroon, Martinique, and France. The music is rooted in the afrobeat tradition (pulsating guitar, funky keyboards, call-and-response vocals, hard and fat brass) with some unexpected twists like the accordion of arranger and keyboard player Fixi on a few tracks. With at the center, of course, the rhythm itself, even more forward now than it was in Africa 70, the legendary group of Fela Kuti. Allen fuses the different rhythms into an irresistible forward movement, he drives the music like an arrow with only one goal to reach: the trance.","brand":"Tony Allen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57521009688920,"sku":null,"price":20241025.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0769233008220.jpg?v=1781572283","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/tony-allen_secret-agent-cd_2024_uni","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}