Chico Mann - Analog Drift - 2xLP

The sounds of Africa have taken multi-instrumentalist Chico Mann—aka Marcos García—all over the world. So it’s fitting that on Analog Drift, his second album and first for Wax Poetics Records, he’s returning the favor. Over the course of twelve thumping, impossibly soulful songs, including a cover of Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime,” Chico Mann introduces the rhythms and guitarisms of Afrobeat to the music of Cuba, the Latin freestyle flavors of 1980s New York and Miami, and the synth-heavy electro beats of dance floors across the globe.

“I’ve spent years learning to speak Afrobeat, albeit with a Cuban accent,” García says. “What I do is engage Afrobeat in conversation with Afro-Cuban funk, while electro and freestyle set the stage. I’m employing several dialects to make a larger musical statement. They’re all branches of the same tree.”

Tracklist
1. HarmonÍa
2. Mentirosos
3. Anima
4. All that is Rising
5. Go to that Place
6. Guárdalo (El Silencio)
7. Once in a Lifetime
8. Hay Que Correr
9. Ya Yo Sé
10. Ilusión de Ti
11. Métele Mano
12. This Love