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Tony Allen

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SECRET AGENT, the first album from World Circuit released in 2009 by Tony Allen, the founder of Afrobeat, who sadly passed away in 2020, is back with a 2-CD analog reissue of the latest remastered material! Tony Allen, founder of Afrobeat, who sadly passed away in 2020. Tony Allen, who sadly passed away in 2020, was Fela Kuti's right-hand man for many years and one of Africa's greatest drummers, released his first album on the World Circuit label in 2009, "SECRET AGENT. Tony Allen worked with Fela Kuti from the mid-1960s, and began releasing his own solo/leader works in the 1970s. Hard riffing horns, roaring tenor guitar, funk-like saxophone and trumpet with keyboards, deep soulful vocal call-and-response, and Tony Allen's majestic drumming--all of these elements are present in SECRET AGENT. All the elements of Afrobeat are present in this album, "SECRET AGENT".In the 2000s, Tony Allen began working with Blur's Damon Albarn and the Clash's Paul Simenon as The Good, the Bad and the Queen, and with Damon Albarn and the Free as Rocketjuice and the Moon. In the 2000s, Tony Allen has worked with Damon Albarn of Blur and Paul Simenon of The Clash as The Good, The Bad, and The Queen, Rocket Juice and The Moon with Damon Albarn and Free, and collaborated with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jeff Mills, and others. Tony Allen has also actively collaborated with the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jeff Mills, and has brought back to life the essence of Tony Allen's boundless musicianship and Afro-funk on a 2-CD analog set of the latest remastered recordings from 2022.