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It seems like we've been digging again into the vaults of Hard Proof, the Austin-based 9-piece Afrobeat/Afrorock/Ethio-Jazz band we've featured in our previous compilation 'Rise Of The Troubadour Warriors'. With musicians from Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears, The Echocentrics and Ocote Soul Sounds, Hard Proof is a kind of high-energy supergroup, and the exclusive track 'Lots' featured here sounds like an Hendrixian take on the Afrobeat genre - again. We couldn't pass on Afro-rocking your world with this - proving that 'Electric Afroland' is also somewhere in Austin, Texas…

About Hard Proof :
Locally produced and internationally-inspired, Hard Proof is an Austin-based collective that brings intense Afrobeats to the state of Texas. Hard Proof tightly fuses sounds from sub-Saharan Africa with adventurous jazz and deep funk to stimulate your brain and move your feet. Members of Hard Proof also perform with bands such as Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Ocote Soul Sounds, Echocentrics, The Calm Blue Sea and Cougar.

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from Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland? - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol​.​4, released October 25, 2013
Stephen Bidwell - Drums
Tommy Spampinato - Percussion
Tony Cruz - Congas
Joe Sokolik - Bass
Gerardo Larios - Guitar & Keyboards
John Branch - Guitar
Joe Woullard - Bari Sax
Jason Frey - Tenor Sax
Derek Phelps - Trumpet

Recorded at E.A.R. Studios and Level One Studios
Produced by Hard Proof and Adrian Quesada
Mixed by Adrian Quesada
Mastered by Erik Wofford
Composed by Derek Phelps
Published by Afrobotic Music
© 2013 Hard Proof

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