Premiere – Robert Hood and Femi Kuti join forces to pay tribute to James Brown
Preview the pair’s jam for French television here
Robert Hood’s techno and Femi Kuti’s Afrobeat combine forces on a new album which captures the pair in one-off live action together.
The pair collaborated for the fourth season of La Compagnie des Indes & Sourdoreille’s ‘Variations’ series for France TV, choosing to pay tribute to Godfather of Soul and all round funk royalty James Brown, who passed away in 2006.
Variations the album, released by Hood’s M-Plant label, is the live recording of this unique collaboration and performance, recorded in one take. We’re premiering the sixth of the seven segments, a particularly funky section of the session, with Brown’s voice featuring in typically percussive fashion.
“It is so amazing when a vision comes to fruition,” Robert Hood commented, “I enjoyed collaborating with the legendary Femi Kuti for this special project.”
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