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Antibalas is a Brooklyn ensemble associated with [[Afrobeat]]. Its large-band dance music developed in local party and protest settings and became part of the genre's international performance network.<ref name="anti-daptone">[https://daptonerecords.com/artists/antibalas/ Daptone: Antibalas biography and discography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref> | Antibalas is a Brooklyn ensemble associated with [[Afrobeat]]. Its large-band dance music developed in local party and protest settings and became part of the genre's international performance network.<ref name="anti-daptone">[https://daptonerecords.com/artists/antibalas/ Daptone: Antibalas biography and discography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref> | ||
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Image: "Rich Andersson" on flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Source.
Summary
Antibalas is a Brooklyn ensemble associated with Afrobeat. Its large-band dance music developed in local party and protest settings and became part of the genre's international performance network.[1]
History
Saxophonist Martín Perna founded the group in 1998. Early personnel overlapped with the musicians around Desco and Daptone; after Talkatif (2002), touring increasingly carried the ensemble beyond New York. The band's history connects neighborhood musical organization with a much wider concert circuit.[1]
Music and repertoire
The ensemble works within the Afrobeat lineage associated with Fela Kuti, using interlocking rhythm-section parts and horn writing as a framework for dance and vocal address. Its Brooklyn setting is an adopted musical community rather than a Nigerian place of origin. Fu Chronicles (2020), Where the Gods Are in Peace (2017) and Hourglass (2025) document successive periods of the recording catalogue.[1]
Members and collaborators
Perna's saxophone and organizing role were foundational. Earlier contributors include Gabriel Roth, Binky Griptite, Victor Axelrod and Nick Movshon. Duke Amayo became a central percussionist and frontman before leaving in 2021. These are historical roles within a changing large ensemble, not a claim that all those musicians appear on every recording.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Daptone: Antibalas biography and discography. Accessed 23 October 2026.
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