"When I started Antibalas in ‘98, probably ten or so of the fourteen guys lived within walking or biking distance...So it did really feel like a neighborhood band."
This is so excellent! Tunde's connection to Martin and Gabe is completely new to me, even though I feel like I was there every step of the way - was going to Antibalas shows in '99/2000 (put them into the Fela New Museum exhibit's music program) and lived at TV on the Radio's Luxxx residency in '03. Great Pull!
Thank you, Piotr! That connection is actually how I first got into Antibalas - I was and remain an enormous TVOTR fan, saw Martin play with them a couple times (very memorably at the Cookie Mountain record release show at Bowery Ballroom), recognized his name from the credits on their records, and went from there.
This is so excellent! Tunde's connection to Martin and Gabe is completely new to me, even though I feel like I was there every step of the way - was going to Antibalas shows in '99/2000 (put them into the Fela New Museum exhibit's music program) and lived at TV on the Radio's Luxxx residency in '03. Great Pull!
Thank you, Piotr! That connection is actually how I first got into Antibalas - I was and remain an enormous TVOTR fan, saw Martin play with them a couple times (very memorably at the Cookie Mountain record release show at Bowery Ballroom), recognized his name from the credits on their records, and went from there.