Yannis & The Yaw feat. Tony Allen - Lagos Paris LondonIn 2016, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a two day session working with the great drummer Tony Allen, who he admired intensely for his influential, multi genre work with the likes of Fela Kuti, Sbastien Tellier and Jeff Mills. Heading into a smoke filled, 70s throwback studio in Paris, Yannis had expected them to make a nostalgic Afrobeat record. Yet something very different emerged. As the pair quickly

“Lyrically this album finds me at my most honest and autobiographical

BBC 6 Music

recorded by Martin “Youth” Glover from Killing Joke and featuring Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth

Yet each new release presents subtly directed changes to their work

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"I didn't want to mimic Berry

With every step

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now here’s your chance to grab this rural manifesto