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- Duke Amayo, Antibalas’ lead singer, has left the band after over 20 years to focus on a solo career.
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Antibalas (Spanish for "bulletproof") is an American, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band founded in 1998 by Martín Perna.
As the former lead singer and spirit of Antibalas for 23 years, he has solidified his place among the greats, captivating audiences around the world. His final recording with Antibalas - 2020’s Fu Chronicles - earned the band, and Amayo, a first-ever GRAMMY nomination.
He was the face and lead singer for the band for 23 years, who many affectionately called the spirit of Antibalas, as the only authentic Nigerian in the band. [ 9 ] Songs in the repertory include ‘Amenawon’, [ 10 ] "Lion Awakes", "Happy Lion", "Fist of Flowers' and "MTTT" first put out in his "Kung Fu Lessons of Life" album in 2002.
Nov 5, 2021 · Duke Amayo, Antibalas' lead singer, has left the band after over 20 years to focus on a solo career. He joined the group in 1999, and his Afro Spot space.
Official website of the Afrobeat band Antibalas. The new 'Fu Chronicles' album is out now.
Feb 17, 2021 · The group, who played their first gig half a year after Kuti's passing, has been nominated at the 2021 GRAMMYs Awards show in the newly renamed Best Global Music Album category for Fu Chronicles, which dropped last February on Daptone Records.
Simply titled Antibalas, the album is both a blazing reaffirmation of the NYC band’s collective musical strengths, and a hard-hitting continuation of their funkified excursions into what Antibalas founder and baritone saxophonist Martín Perna calls “our vault of esoteric sounds and knowledge.”.
