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Shaolin Afronauts
The Shaolin Afronauts are an Afrobeat band based in Adelaide, Australia. Their music is heavily influenced by West African Afrobeat artists such as Fela Kuti, but also incorporates elements of avant-garde jazz, soul and other traditional African and Cuban percussive rhythms. They describe their music as "interstellar futurist afro-soul".
Founded in 2008 out of a fascination with Afrobeat and creative improvised music, seven out of the ten band members were also members of The Transatlantics, who met at the University of Adelaide. The Transatlantics favoured many different styles of music, especially that of West and East Africa, but the breakaway group wanted to create something a bit looser and more interpretative, less arranged. The group started out as a side project, but found it worked well together from the start. Bassist Ross McHenry says that he was inspired by the Afrobeat music he heard at WOMADelaide as a child, and he likes to write and play music infused with soul and guided by intuition.
The musicians particularly styled their music after the Afrobeat style of Fela Kuti and his Africa '70 band and other West African music. A lesser but important influence was the 1970s avant-garde jazz movement, especially artists like Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders. Their sound also incorporates soul and traditional African and Cuban percussive rhythms.
As of May 2020[update], the Shaolin Afronauts' Facebook page describes their music as "interstellar futurist afro-soul".
In 2011, they played at WOMADelaide. The song "Kilimanjaro" was the first release by the band. Later in 2011, they were signed to Freestyle records and saw the release of their debut album, Flight of the Ancients. The album was featured on Radio National Breakfast and garnered considerable attention on community radio, streetpress and Triple J.
In January 2012 the band recorded their second album, Quest under Capricorn, with an expanded ensemble of 18 musicians.
In September 2014, the band released their third album, Follow the Path. Also in 2014, the band played at Glastonbury. They continued to play regular gigs around Adelaide and occasional gigs and festivals elsewhere, including the two-day Blenheim Music and Camping Festival in the Clare Valley, north of Adelaide, in 2015.
In October 2016, Shaolin Afronauts played the Kennedys Creek Music Festival in Victoria.
Shaolin Afronauts
The Shaolin Afronauts are an Afrobeat band based in Adelaide, Australia. Their music is heavily influenced by West African Afrobeat artists such as Fela Kuti, but also incorporates elements of avant-garde jazz, soul and other traditional African and Cuban percussive rhythms. They describe their music as "interstellar futurist afro-soul".
Founded in 2008 out of a fascination with Afrobeat and creative improvised music, seven out of the ten band members were also members of The Transatlantics, who met at the University of Adelaide. The Transatlantics favoured many different styles of music, especially that of West and East Africa, but the breakaway group wanted to create something a bit looser and more interpretative, less arranged. The group started out as a side project, but found it worked well together from the start. Bassist Ross McHenry says that he was inspired by the Afrobeat music he heard at WOMADelaide as a child, and he likes to write and play music infused with soul and guided by intuition.
The musicians particularly styled their music after the Afrobeat style of Fela Kuti and his Africa '70 band and other West African music. A lesser but important influence was the 1970s avant-garde jazz movement, especially artists like Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders. Their sound also incorporates soul and traditional African and Cuban percussive rhythms.
As of May 2020[update], the Shaolin Afronauts' Facebook page describes their music as "interstellar futurist afro-soul".
In 2011, they played at WOMADelaide. The song "Kilimanjaro" was the first release by the band. Later in 2011, they were signed to Freestyle records and saw the release of their debut album, Flight of the Ancients. The album was featured on Radio National Breakfast and garnered considerable attention on community radio, streetpress and Triple J.
In January 2012 the band recorded their second album, Quest under Capricorn, with an expanded ensemble of 18 musicians.
In September 2014, the band released their third album, Follow the Path. Also in 2014, the band played at Glastonbury. They continued to play regular gigs around Adelaide and occasional gigs and festivals elsewhere, including the two-day Blenheim Music and Camping Festival in the Clare Valley, north of Adelaide, in 2015.
In October 2016, Shaolin Afronauts played the Kennedys Creek Music Festival in Victoria.