Rhythm revolution

"Though Djimmy appropriates, combines, and filters many inspirational sources on Rhythm Revolution, what emerges from these intense, raw jams, is an idiosyncratic yet profound political and aesthetic vision that's at once dangerous, incendiary, and eternally relevant. Don't sleep on this".

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"This album of raw, garage-tinged 1970s Afro-funk comes with the most extraordinary back story ... After an early career as a school teacher and a boxer, [Ferry Djimmy] relocated to Paris, where he joined the French police and worked as a bodyguard to Jacques Chirac. On his return to Africa in 1974, Benin's Marxist-Leninist president funded him to start a record company called Revolution Records. The result was this explosive album, drawing on a range of influences from Fela Kuti ('Carry Me Blak') to James Brown ('When I Come in the Road') via George Clinton ('A Were We Coco') and Hendrix ('Be Free') with Ferry playing most of the instruments, including guitar, saxophone, drums and keyboards. The album sold minimally and was soon forgotten ... Its rediscovery must have taken some serious crate-digging and one presumes the original vinyl album is augmented by bonus tracks for there is an hour's worth of music here ... It has to be one of the toughest, funkiest records to come out of 1970s West Africa".