{"title":"Tony Allen","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTony Allen Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Music Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore Tony Allen vinyl records at UMusic Shop South Africa. Discover Afrobeat through physical releases that bring the artist’s musical identity, individual recordings and visual presentation into one collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTony Allen: the music and the story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNigerian drummer Tony Allen helped shape Afrobeat through a flexible, interlocking approach to rhythm. His solo and collaborative recordings extend that language beyond its original setting, connecting the drum kit with different musical voices without losing its individual sense of movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRejoice makes the interaction with Hugh Masekela’s horn the focus, while Secret Agent and There Is No End offer different contexts around Allen’s drumming. His rhythmic language can hold several movements together without making the groove feel crowded. Exploring these records reveals why the drums are an organising voice rather than a background foundation, creating space in which melody, spoken delivery and instrumental responses can develop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCatalogue highlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecret Agent, Rejoice and There Is No End offer different perspectives, from ensemble-led groove to cross-generational and cross-genre collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRejoice, with Hugh Masekela, is a particularly revealing collaboration, bringing two strongly recognisable instrumental voices into a shared space shaped by rhythm and melodic response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere Is No End: Explore the vinyl presentation of this recording, keeping the programme and its physical presentation together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRejoice: Explore the vinyl presentation of this recording, keeping the programme and its physical presentation together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecret Agent: Explore the vinyl presentation, with product options that include a remastered edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy collect Tony Allen?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist’s voice, rhythmic language and instrumental setting give the music an individual identity, with the full programme providing room for those elements to develop beyond a single familiar refrain. Vinyl gives the sleeve artwork and playing sequence a tangible place in a music collection. The visual design and the moment of placing a record on the turntable become part of returning to the music. The particular pressing or package defines the edition, so explore the individual release for its track list and stated presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore Tony Allen at UMusic Shop South Africa and choose a physical release to make part of your own music collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tony-allen-there-is-no-end-2lp","title":"Tony Allen - There Is No End 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003ehe wisdom of Tony Allen's words was as deep as his grooves, and these two sentences, which announce the dozen songs that follow, truly capture the spirit of There is No End. Tony’s motivating concept and desire was to work with younger artists, and especially the new generation of rappers, and give them voice in a time of global turmoil when music has never been more important – not necessarily as a \"weapon\" for the future in the manner of Fela's violently political songs, but also as medicine to heal a fractured world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFor all those who knew him, he was a deeply spiritual man whose life's mission was not just to create a new musical language, but to pass it on to subsequent generations. In thinking back on the incredible process of creating this album without Tony physically present to guide him, producer Vincent Taeger remarked that his friend and mentor \"was a teacher without speaking... a drummer and a guardian, with a great artistic vision and that vision filled the songs even after he had left us.\" Ben Okri, like everyone else involved in this valedictory album, had a very similar experience, declaring in awe that \"this man could have lived another 150 years and kept creating new worlds. He had become the master shaman of his art. He knew himself and his mind. He wanted the album to be open to the energies of a new generation... but like a great mathematician or scientist who found a code of for a new world, with just a few beats, he created this extraordinary canvas.\" Featured artists include Skepta, Sampa The Great, Lava La Rue, Danny Brown, Damon Albarn and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Tony’s Praeludium\u003cbr\u003e2 Stumbling Down Featuring Sampa The Great\u003cbr\u003e3 Crushed Grapes Featuring Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon\u003cbr\u003e4 Très magnifique Featuring Tsunami\u003cbr\u003e5 Mau Mau Featuring Nah Eeto\u003cbr\u003e6 Coonta Kinte Featuring Zelooperz\u003cbr\u003e7 Rich Black Featuring Koreatown Oddity\u003cbr\u003e8 One Inna Million Featuring Lava La Rue\u003cbr\u003e9 Gang On Holiday (Em I Go We?) 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The record, released to great acclaim in March 2020, became the first posthumous release from Masekela, and the last release from Allen, who sadly passed away a month later. For this special edition, World Circuit have gone back to the original 2010 mixes and added previously unheard parts from the 2019 sessions to create eight reimagined bonus mixes, accompanied by a new booklet with sleeve notes and photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) - Tony Allen \u0026amp; Hugh Masekela\u003cbr\u003e2. Agbada Bougou - Tony Allen \u0026amp; Hugh Masekela\u003cbr\u003e3. Coconut Jam - Tony Allen \u0026amp; Hugh Masekela\u003cbr\u003e4. Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same) - Tony Allen \u0026amp; Hugh Masekela\u003cbr\u003e5. Slow Bones - Tony Allen \u0026amp; Hugh Masekela\u003cbr\u003e6. Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) - Tony Allen \u0026amp; Hugh Masekela\u003cbr\u003e7. 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