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hey, my name's basile. I don't use pronouns. this place is just for images, mostly pretty/cool/pretty cool ones. I tag "flashing" for gifs I feel would trigger epilepsy or other issues, but otherwise don't tag much else. sorry, this place is for me to go to at the end of the day and relax... if you wanna chat, feel free to message me here. I might see it.

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During her studies, she came across the single, “Once in a Lifetime,” an Afrobeat-inspired tune from Talking Heads. Encouraged by the African sound of the record, Angelique Kidjo told her fellow students about the rhythms she heard. They insisted — incorrectly — that it was rock. “I said, ‘That’s not rock and roll,” she told the L.A. Times. “It’s African music.”

Perhaps fueled by that experience, Kidjo’s Remain in Light recreates the 1980 LP as an authentic Afrobeat record that dives head-on into the Fela Kuti-inspired aesthetic of the Talking Heads original. Though a widely heralded classic, the group’s album only scratched the surface of West African funk. They synthesized the sound, blending it with pop and rock to make it more palatable for mostly white American listeners. Conversely, Kidjo’s interpretation feels more legitimate and offers an unfiltered representation of the Motherland’s polyrhythmic dance.

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the crazy detail that we should consider is that she was friends with david byrne throughout this process. like one day she heard her buddy david’s classic album remain in light and was like “hm. i see what u did here, let me up the ante in a way that u literally never could as a white scottish-american man” and she gave us this absolute masterpiece. her mind!

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