Setenta - Apollo Solar Drive10, 9, 8, 7, 6 the countdown to blastoff has started! Paris based band Setenta is preparing for their upcoming 20th anniversary by releasing their sixth album, Apollo Solar Drive. The record is poised to be their best yet and is the culmination of an odyssey of artistic discovery. Setenta has been constantly striving for illumination through the years, yet also exploring the dark side of the human condition along the way. As the band describes it,

it will be the first of a series around the four elements

“A Love International”)

where she developed a singular style both as a singer and as a piano player

looking to Africa for inspiration and reflecting the burgeoning Black Power movement of the time

Luke’s Friday evening show on Worldwide FM captured imaginations and became a cult four-hour must-listen monthly journey for fans all over the world

Uriel Jones

he sampled with the blessings of legendary Angolan musicians Carlos Lamartine (Bassoka) and Matadidi Mário (Café)

Greg Foat's Greek Jazz quartet featuring Sokratis Votskos

that features percussive sounds that connect the ancestors of the diaspora

In this composition

Opolopo increases the tempo edging up to the 118-mark adding a characteristic juiced up bass synth that oozes smoothness and swapping the flute melodies with cosmic synth lines that sparkle in the darkness

the slightly slower of the pair but blessed with a thumping framework of four-to- the-floor sturdiness on which funky keys and an almost Afro vibe are tastfully and decoratively hung