The ’70s Zambian musical movement known as “Zamrock” rose out of a sense of post-independence urbanized progress, and before it was quashed by economic crashes, political turmoil, and the AIDS crisis, it served as a powerful scene that demonstrated what continental Africa could contribute in the fields of hard rock and heavy funk. Musi-O-Tunya and their frontman Rikki Illilonga specialized in music that was superficially similar to Afrobeat at first listen, but pierced with searing electric guitar solos and heavy Afro-Latin grooves that evoke Santana, Can, and Deep Purple even more than they do Fela.