SHABAKA - AFRIKAN CULTURE

Released: 24/03/23

Shabaka Hutchings’ debut release under his own name, Afrikan Culture, originally released last year in digital form, has now been awarded the vinyl release (via Impulse! Records) that it richly deserves. Primarily made up of Shabaka on various wind instruments, with other complimentary instrumentation sprinkled throughout, Afrikan Culture offers a quieter, more meditative space than the pulsing, driving material found in his other groups, such as Sons of Kemet, and the phenomenal tech-rave-jazz outfit The Comet Is Coming. A work of sublime beauty and peace, Afrikan Culture is essential listening for anyone (ie, all of us) needing a time-out from the unremitting cacophony of modern life.