limited indies only 140g red 12" ep in embossed sleeve in 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, sébastien tellier and jeff mills.'lagos paris london’ is high-spirited, loose-grooved exuberance completed by the complex rhythms and unhurried style of the man who inspired it. it’s a communion with the past that provides an escape in the present day. 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.
limited indies only 140g red 12" ep in embossed sleeve in 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, sébastien tellier and jeff mills.'lagos paris london’ is high-spirited, loose-grooved exuberance completed by the complex rhythms and unhurried style of the man who inspired it. it’s a communion with the past that provides an escape in the present day. 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.
limited indies only 140g red 12" ep in embossed sleeve in 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, sébastien tellier and jeff mills.'lagos paris london’ is high-spirited, loose-grooved exuberance completed by the complex rhythms and unhurried style of the man who inspired it. it’s a communion with the past that provides an escape in the present day. 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.
