'Afrocentris' is different from other Sandoz LPs, especially thereggae-based last release 'Chant to Jah' It does have however,similarities with his other Sandoz work too.The beats seem more up front and although very afrocentric most of thetime, they sound latin influenced too to my ears on occasion. A lot ofKirk's work as Sandoz, seems to be tracks seperate from each other,with everchanging patterns within each track. However, this releasefeatures tracks which are more simplistic in design, and something thatI like, is that they seem to have a logical continuity to them ie eachtrack leads into the next one.
It's 71 plus minutes long, got a delightful purple cover and is as farremoved from 'Here and Elsewhere' as could be possible, testimony toKirk's genius to be able to produce such diverse works. Its a darnsight better than the recent EMI / Virgin re-hashes, agreed to,presumably, to generate some cash. If that cash goes into producingmore stuff like 'Afrocentris' and 'Here and Elsewhere,' I, for one,will be well chuffed.
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