Sandra Sings with Fela Kuti & Africa 70- Up Side DownLabel: Knitting Factory Reissued 2014, Originally released 1976 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Upside Down and Zombie, both released in 1976, were made at the mid point of an extraordinary three year purple period during which Fela recorded 24 albums of new material. Upside Down is unusual in that it includes a second lead vocalist, Fela's American friend Sandra Izsadore, who he'd known since touring the US in 1969. Izsadore, a black rights activist,

The Rallizes lineup that night consisted of Takashi Mizutani (vocals

ethereal beauty that YOB would become synonymous with make themselves known across the 6 riveting tracks on Elaborations of Carbon

The Acclamation Of Bonds

even more bizarre action

Teen friend Alec Hanley on guitar rounds out the foundation of the band that also includes Brian Murphy and Eric Hamelin

a journey beyond the principles of pleasure and pain

" "Conversation With Kahn" and "Smerf Wak Head Beat

& Ohm Septet” was credited to “recognized raconteur

where “shadows are amplified and bright spots dimmed

These are the Sounds Of The City in a galaxy far

Watching Trees

symbolic and demands attentive listening