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Various - Racubah - A Collection Of Modern Afro Rhythms Label: Comet Records Catalog#: COMET 003 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Record is VG++ Country: France Released: Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Funk / Soul, Jazz Style: Afrobeat, Funk Tracklist A1 Tony Allen - Afro-Disco-Beat A2 Ice - Racubah! B1 Mombasa - Nairobi B2 Tempos - Save Me B3 Mamba Percussions - Rythmotom 1 C1 Harry Mosco - I Feel Funky C2 Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quartet - Soul Power C3 Manu Dibango - Wilderness C4 Orchestre Tembo - Yebo Edi Pachanga D1 Edja Kungali - Jungle Dance D2 Roland Brival - Creole Gypsy D3 Ray Stephen Oche - Odeiyolaoo First Opus in the Modern Afro Rhythms series released by Comet, Racubah! is also the most latin-tinged one. The collection kicks off in a storm with Tony Allen's excellent classic Afro Disco Beat and is punctuated with spellbinding oddities such as Mombasa's Nairobi or Soul Power where Mulatu Atsake builds enthralling Latin rhythms over a bassline he borrowed from Tito Puente. Finally, one of the last discovery of the LP is Roland Brival's Creole Gypsy, a superb song carried by a luminescent chant and pristine orchestration