Arp Frique – The Seed

TRACKS:

A1 Mariseya– Nyame Ye
A2 Mariseya– La Musique Du Solieil
A3 Américo Brito– Hosanna
B1 Mariseya– Wa Ye Me
B2 Mariseya– Paa
B3 Américo Brito– Oi Quem Que Nos
C1 Mariseya– Fureur Du Roi
C2 Mariseya– Écoutez
C3 The Scorpios– Habibi
D1 Mariseya– Que Pasa
D2 Orlando Julius– Baba Love
D3 Arp Frique– The Seed

DESCRIPTION

Bridging gaps and bringing people, sounds and continents together. That’s what Arp Frique continues to do in his own relentless fashion on ‘The Seed’, his new album for Colorful World, that features the combined talents of Mariseya, Americo Brito, The Scorpios and Orlando Julius.

Taking off where he landed on ‘Welcome to the Colorful World of Arp Frique’, ‘The Seed’ is another highly energetic concoction of styles, taking in disco, synth boogie, funk, Caribbean, West-African and East-African flavors while broadening his sound as he goes along.

Soukous, calypso and funaná (to name but a few) are all masterfully intertwined on ‘The Seed’, with the open-minded band always looking to expand their repertoire, flirting with South-African bubblegum on ‘Baba Love’ (a track that features the mighty Orlando Julius) and channeling Francis Bebey on ‘Oi Quem Q’eu Nos Oi’.

It’s a never-ending quest that results in an increasingly hybrid sound that works just as good when it’s played live on stage in a venue or on a festival as it does when it’s fed to a discerning dancefloor at night.

Seeds are planted left and right and great things are popping up in all directions in Arp Frique’s magical parallel universe. In his own words: “A seed is the basis of life: a tree, food, a baby, conception, a thought, an album, a band. A seed is growth from almost nothing to everything.” (Rogier) ⁣