\u201cAfrica 5.000\u201d (1975) has a legendary reputation as one of Colombia\u2019s best hard-to-find Afro-funk records and is a highly prized collector\u2019s piece today.<\/p>\n
The epic \u2018La torta\u2019 (\u2018The Cake\u2019) kicks things off with a lively Colombian interpretation of Haitian compas. The tune is still remembered as a big pic\u00f3 (amplified sound system) hit at the verbenas (outdoor dance parties).<\/p>\n
\u2018Fiebre de lepra\u2019 (\u2018Leprosy Fever\u2019) was also released as a 45 single and is certainly one of Wganda Kenya\u2019s wilder tracks. Funky wah-wah guitar, makossa style bass, manic organ, and feverishly insane vocals (from Wilson \u201cSaoko\u201d Manyoma and Joe Arroyo) indicate that Fruko and his pals were having a ball goofing around in the studio.<\/p>\n
If for no other reason, \u201cAfrica 5.000\u201d is sought after for being the album containing Fruko and Javier Garc\u00eda\u2019s outrageously funky and off-kilter \u2018Tifit hayed\u2019, which has become a tropical dance floor favorite in recent years. Again the \u201ckitchen sink\u201d approach is employed, including massive Latin bass lines, tasty Farfisa organ stabs, a bluesy, jazzy piano solo, and plenty of humorous vocal sound effects (including animal noises and lip burbling). However, it\u2019s the stomping break beats and cowbell counterpoint that has kept dance floors busy.<\/p>\n
Side B leaps out of the speakers with the heavy, strutting \u2018El caterete\u2019, which was the flip side to the \u2018Fiebre de lepra\u2019 single and is based on the 1970 song \u2018Cateret\u00ea\u2019 by Brazilian singer\/songwriter Marku Ribas.<\/p>\n
Like its sibling Fuentes studio band Afrosound, Wganda Kenya was ahead of its time, anticipating current contemporary Afro-Latin-funk trends in a prescient way that has inspired a legion of fans across the globe, and this reissue of \u201cAfrica 5.000\u201d will only serve to further cement the band\u2019s growing reputation amongst today\u2019s diggers of tropical psychedelia.<\/p>\n
First time reissue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wganda Kenya was ahead of its time, anticipating current contemporary Afro-Latin-funk trends in a prescient way that has inspired a legion of fans across the globe. As part of that legacy, \u201cAfrica 5.000\u201d (1975) has a legendary reputation as one of Discos Fuentes\u2019 best hard-to-find Afro-Caribbean funk records and is a highly prized collector\u2019s piece. <\/p>\n
This LP features several classic dance floor gems as well as some lesser-known nuggets and a non-album bonus cut, plus informative notes.<\/p>\n
First time reissue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":107862,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[195,193],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108015","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-colombia-en","7":"product_cat-latin-en","8":"product_shipping_class-lp-lp-7-lp-cd","9":"pa_formato-lp-en","11":"first","12":"outofstock","13":"sale","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/108015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=108015"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=108015"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=108015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}