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WEEK of DECEMBER 8, 2003 |
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Antibalas Gets Down in the Meeting House by Jeffrey Stanley This week’s Middle and Upper School assemblies featured a concert by five members of the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. Antibalas, which means “bulletproof” in Spanish, also means “anti bullets,” explained lead singer Martín Perna to the students during a mid-show Q&A. “The name of the band reflects our pacifist message,” he said. He explained that Afrobeat music has its roots in Niger and West Africa, but that the band also has a heavy funk and jazz influence. According to the band’s website, their multicultural music blend “combines highlife, jazz, funk, and traditional African rhythms and informs all of it with unabashed political conviction…spreading messages of love and reunification of all humanity.” “The music has been very good to us,” Perna said in recounting the group’s six year history of performances around the world. This fall alone, they have performed in Spain, the UK, the U.S. west coast, and Canada. They have released three albums, and continue to maintain a home base in Bushwick, where they regularly rehearse, record, and perform. The group was brought to BFS by Middle School teacher and musician Tony Soll, who describes them as “a world-class act that plays a groove-oriented music with international influences and personnel.” |
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