Togo All Stars - FA

Look carefully at a map of West Africa and find the city of Lomé, and try to imagine what the music of this area sounds like. A hundred miles to the west is Accra, Ghana, where the highlife movement was born in the 1950s. Another 100 miles to the east is Cotonou, the birthplace of the acclaimed Orchestre Poly Rythmo. And another 50 miles further and you enter Lagos, where Fela Kuti pioneered his Afrobeat.

All these aforementioned influences bubble up in the music of one of Lomé's leading bands: Togo All Stars. Also on their new album FA . The album communicates a deep message to mankind: to find oneself again and seek spiritual healing within oneself. Moreover, this music irrevocably makes you want to dance. Yes. The Togo All Stars bring you the best of Africa's past and present; from vadou to afrobeat, highlife and funk. FA will be released on August 5.