Video Premiere: Lakuta's "Rice and Peace"

<span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are an Afropop regular, you have probably heard the single “<a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/30282/new-afrobeat-single-from-pan-african-band-lakuta/" target="_blank">Bata Boy</a>” from Lakuta. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This vibrant Afrobeat posse cooks up a particularly British and multiculturalist strain of the classic Nigerian genre. The band members hail from Brighton, U.K., with roots in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Malaysia and Spain.</span> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMwIxpmd6LQ <span style="font-weight: 400;">Early in December, Lakuta released a video for their new <em>Rice & Peace</em> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">EP </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">on the Tru Thoughts label. The track takes you on a journey through a funky bass line with a sweet-sounding soukous guitar riff. A </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">harmonious horn section enters, locked in an unmistakable Afrobeat groove intertwined with </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the energetic voice of the band’s lead vocalist, Siggi Mwasote.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The video begins with Siggi prepping for a jam session at an underground dance venue. An enthusiastic crowd can be seen dancing to the band’s ebullient Afro groove. Following Siggi’s vocals is a superb guitar solo,  and terrific solos from the percussionist as well as the drummer. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">free-spirited </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">performance bubbles with youthful exuberance, guaranteed to electrify any dance floor. </span>To buy this track, click <a href="http://bit.ly/RicePeaceLF" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/RicePeaceLF</a>.