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Another great funky single from the Truth & Soul camp – from the Afro-funky Bama & The Family & Asiko! "Feeling Good" is by Bama & The Family is a great little hybrid of the tried-and-true funky 45 style, with just a touch of Fela expansiveness. It's a groover, with long sax notes stretched over some lumbering funky drums, and some called vocal vamps. "Drums Of Asiko" by Asiko is quite appropriately named – nothing but percussion here, with clicking and thumping bongos and other slapped acoustic beats – making this one a bit more Africa-derived than the A-side!

A quartet of the most furiously grooving, dancefloor ready numbers from the African Music Today compilation on Truth & Soul – featuring modern African combos working in the tradition of Fela, Tony Allen, Mulatu and others! The 7" EP version features an Ethio jazz inspired Zafari, the heavy percussion grooves of Friends Of The Family, and a great on Original Brothers that takes inspiration from Mulatu and serves him proudly. Includes "Zafari" by King Masuru, "Percussive Movement" (Parts 1 & 2) by Friends Of The Family, and "Black Out" by The Original Brothers.