Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics - Ashiko - LIVE at Afrikafestival Hertme 2016

Performance - 2 July 2016 Orlando Julius is one of the heroes of Nigerian music. A saxofonist, singer and songwriter, he began fusing African influences with American R&B and soul in the 60s, and was a major influence on Fela Kuti and Afrobeat. Julius is a master of the simple, stomping riff, as he proves with the opening Buje Buje, in which he hammers home a hypnotic R&B theme for more than five minutes against a wash of keyboard effects, before breaking away for a solo. Elsewhere, he moves from the funky Love Thy Neighbour to the breezy title track and to Be Counted, a rumbling, chanting Afrobeat work-out, written in the US in the 70s. Orlando Julius vocals, tenor saxophone Malcolm Catto drums Raul Monsalve bass Jason Yarde baritone saxophone Adrian Owusu guitar Jack Yglesias percussion, backing vocals Daniel El Congo trumpet Latoya Ekemode background singing, dancing