Re: femi kuti does circular breathing!!!!

From: Stimp (stimp@sympatico.ca)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 20:31:37 MET DST

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        I saw Femi on Sunday nite, and I can't say that there were any lulls in
    the show at all. At 1hr 45 mins long, it wasn't long enough, considering
    the $36 I shelled out to get in, but that was really the only complaint I
    had. Usually, I get bored of a show about 90 mins in, but I was screaming
    for more Femi on Sunday nite. He had the entire audience (about 800-1000,
    hey, it's Montreal!) dancing their asses off, and I seriously doubt that
    anyone left disatisfied. Lots of smiling, multiethnic faces in the crowd;
    the vibe was as positive as at any show I've been to in the last long while.

        I was surfing the cdnow site in search for more Femi, but could only
    find his latest record, "Shoki Shoki". Does anyone know a site where I
    could get his earlier releases? For that matter, how many other releases
    does he have??

    Stimp
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "stephanie" <nnine@yahoo.com>
    To: "ajlist" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:17 AM
    Subject: femi kuti does circular breathing!!!!

    > No time for the customary loquaciousness, but we saw
    > femi and the afrobeat explosion on friday. as loud
    > visually as musically, huge sound, and the guy can
    > wail on his saxamaphone for like 5 minutes straight
    > without taking a proper breath... he does that thing
    > where you inhale through your nose while you exhale
    > into your instrument. crazy to watch! the jams
    > occasionally got a little tedious, but the energy
    > coming from the stage was so powerful it was tiring
    > just to watch, and the crowd was diverse and involved.
    > He also said a few words about the state of things in
    > Africa and how hard it is to survive. I think we
    > forget sometimes, and romanticize the soul that's born
    > of poverty, forgetting the damage poverty does to the
    > soul.
    >
    > anyway, great show!
    >
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