(Funk / Afro-Beat) Ikebe Shakedown - Ikebe Shakedown - 2011, MP3, 320 kbps

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Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of Cinematic Soul, Afro-funk, Deep Disco, and Boogaloo in all the right ways. After spending a few years together the group, named after a favorite Nigerian boogie record (and pronounced "ee-KAY-bay,") delivers a driving set of tunes featuring a mighty horn section anchored by tight, deep-pocketed grooves. The forthcoming Ikebe Shakedown debut for Ubiquity Records sees the band push their globally-informed sound and eclectic approach to tune-writing into new territory, "Self-titling the album is a way to introduce the audience to the many facets of the band - to provide a more complete understanding of what we do," bassist Vince Chiarito says. "Our sound has grown to incorporate our influences without overtly representing any one in particular. It just sounds like us," he adds. The album was ecorded at Dunham Studios with producer Thomas Brenneck and at Killion Sound in Los Angeles, home of engineer Sergio Rios of fellow Ubiquity act Orgone.