From the landlocked tropical savanna of Upper Volta, an ever-evolving cast of musicians brought the worlds rhythms to the streets of their native Bobo-Dioulasso. Combining Congolese rhumba, American R&B, French y-y, Cuban son, and regional Senufo and Mandingo traditions, Orchestre Volta Jazz was at the epicenter of the West African musical explosion of the 60s and 70s.AirVoltacompiles nine original songs originally issued on the Disques France-Afrique and Sonafric labels, a peerless primer of a group that turned the brutality of colonialism into something beautiful and enduring.

Boisterous and simmering in equal measure.Pitchfork

Infectious and filled with joy.The New Yorker