Inspiration Information

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Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen
Inspiration Information

[ Strut Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 11 January 2010

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Strut's 'Inspiration Information' series moves on to the fourth album in the series, a mouth-watering head to head between Finnish maverick Jimi Tenor and Afrobeat drumming legend, Tony Allen.

Jimi Tenor remains a fascinating enigma in modern day music. Consistently one of the best and most unpredictable live artists around, his work since his breakthrough album 'Intervision' (Warp, 1997) has involved open-minded projects ranging from live film soundtracks and orchestral pieces to a series of Afro-based albums with his band Kabu Kabu. Tony Allen continues to attract new fans as one of the greatest drummers alive today. Celebrated as the creator of the Afrobeat rhythm and a lynchpin of Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band, his recent work has included The Good, The Bad & The Queen collaboration with Damon Albarn and his first album for World Circuit Records released in 2009, 'Secret Agent'.

Recorded at Lovelite Studios in Berlin during November 2008 with further sessions this year in Finland and Paris, the Tenor / Allen collaboration whips up a raw, heavy analogue sound mixing the full range of Allen's Afrobeat repertoire with Tenor's off-kilter brew of dark humour, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and tight, firing musicianship. The set is one of the best recordings that both artists have produced in recent years. Topical, biting, funny and always funky, experimental but never straying from 'the one', this is another high quality addition to the 'Inspiration Information' series, a 'no rules' set that brings the best out of both artists.