Chici Mann is the new project by Antibalas’ guitarist, Marquitos Garcia. It’ll be of no surprise for people who have heard Antibalas to hear that Garcia has stayed with what he knows best- afrobeat- but has added more experimental sounds, with the use of a childhood Casio keyboard and 80’s drum beats. This might sound like a mish mash of ideas but it makes the whole project a little more interesting to listen to and it’s good to see people pushing this forward, rather than trying to copy the greats like Fela and Allen. Highlights for me have been “Soul Freedom” and “Who You Runnin’ From”. Simply Kindred Spirits never put a foot wrong.
