Orchestra Baobab, "Utrus Horas"

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we're off to Dakar, Senegal for Orchestra Baobab's "Utrus Horas", from their 1989 release "Pirates Choice"...

"It's my understanding that the "Pirates Choice" sessions were recorded in 1982 but that they were not released until 1989, after the band had broken up. Luckily for us, a new found audience had them reformed and touring the world. I saw them in Central Park and they were fantastic - sounded just like the record. A bunch of blokes in West Africa playing a style of Cuban music that was vintage when they discovered it. I doubt you can get more Afro-Cuban than that! Shout Out too for the great Malik Sidibe, for allowing his wonderful photographs to be used for the cover". - KV