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PAN AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRA

60 Years

THE VILLAGE

8/10

AN Arkestra is a thought experiment in music. A vessel afloat on the floodwaters of ignorance, searching for new land. The music the crew make to while away the endless voyage is free, unbound by territorial regulations, a power stronger redresses that balance with an album’s worth of archive material – including DIY home recordings – whose sometimes subpar audio quality is more than compensated for by the stupendous energy and collective will of the musicians.

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