Afrikan Culture cover

Afrikan Culture

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Shabaka Hutchings brings it drumless for this EP, largely made with shakuhachi, mbira, kora and other wood and metal tools. The bells act here almost as voices in this pre-modern summoning of spirits that never sleep. Intense and peaceful and brief.

Sasha Frere-Jones

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