Afrolicious is pleased to announce our debut release today on ESL Music. This release is truly a long time in the making even though we only recently decided to put out original music under the name Afrolicious. This 3 song EP features some of the amazingly talented folks who have helped make Afrolicious the eclectic and off the hook weekly party it has become. On "Thursday Night Kinda Swing" we have guests Baba Duru on percussion and scat vocals and Aaron Lebowitz on Saxophone and horn arrangements. "A Dub For Mali" features the fabulous Ngoni work and vocals of Yacouba Diara from Burinka Faso and Mali,and flute by Izzy * Wise and "Foolin" features the talented vocals and lyrics of Fresh is Life from Trinidad and the horn playing of Will Magid and Aaron Lebowitz. All guitars, bass and keys were layed down by Pleasuremaker and the arrangements were split w- Pleasure and Rob Garza who completed the circle with holding down the production end. Señor Oz was up in the mix during the sessions bringing the vibes together and documenting some of the sessions. Big up to Lexx Valdez for the dope album art design and the good folks @ ESL Music for putting this out.
Afrolicious had an amazing opportunity to remix Thievery Corporation's "Vampires." You can get that along with the brand new EP over @ ESL Music's website.
Afrolicious has had the pleasure of playing many great events and places lately. Just this last weekend Pleasuremaker went and opened for Thievery Corporation out at Redrocks and Señor Oz went up to Arcada w- the crew, Fresh is Life, Diamomd, Qique and tore it up! Public Works last weekend for the ESL Music showcase was amazing. The weekly party has been off the hook @ Elbo Room with some special guests including Ursula 1000, The Funk Ark, Lucky Brown and the Vibrometers and this coming week we are featuring the very talented Danny Massure and the Afrolicious live band!
Stay tuned for so much more soul to come!
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