I talked to way too many people this weekend that haven’t heard of MGMT. They have been Spin.com’s “Artist of the Day”, Rolling Stone’s top 10 “Artist to Watch”, and named as Last.fm’s most played artist of 2008. This one’s for everyone who has been hiding under a rock for the past two years.
Elikeh is a collective of like-minded roots musicians performing their own brand of African Roots music. The material is a combination of traditional rhythms from Togo and 70’s Afrofunk. They seem to be heavily influenced by the music of Fela Kuti which makes sense because Elikeh’s drummer toured with Femi Kuti, Fela’s son, for three years.
On Saturday, August 22nd, Elikeh will be hosting an Afrofunk Dance Party in DC. If you are in the Baltimore/DC/NOVA area, this show is pretty much mandatory. While “Selma To Soweto” seems like a relatively chill song, Afrobeat music is always very fun to see live and everyone will be dancing their asses off. If you come out to the show, be sure to say hello. Show details below.
AFROFUNK DANCE PARTY w/ ELIKEH & FORQUARTERS COLLECTIVE
Start Time: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 10:00pm
End Time: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 1:30am
Location: Velvet Lounge
Street: 915 U st .NW
City/Town: Washington City, DC
Questions? info@elikeh.com
( @passionpit @tokertunes ) Passion Pit was formed in 2007 out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. “Sleepyhead” is one of the four songs off of their EP Chunk Of Change that were created for Michael Angelakos’s then-girlfriend as a Valentines gift.
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