{"id":41318,"date":"2019-10-25T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T11:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/night-dreamer-debut-session-launch-with-seun-kuti-egypt-80-ep\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:33:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:33:56","slug":"seun-kuti-egypt-80-night-dreamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/seun-kuti-egypt-80-night-dreamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Dreamer debut session launch with Seun Kuti &#038; Egypt 80 EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31588 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-759x756.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-1010x1006.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-661x658.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-465x463.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-375x373.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Seun-Kuti-direct-to-disc-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>A one-take recording from Kuti\u2019s 2018 album\u00a0<em>Black Times.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Brand new London based record label Night Dreamer has recaptured the organic essence of direct to disc through a series of recordings at Artone Studio in Haarlem, Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>The philosophy of Night Dreamer is\u00a0about bringing together artists of a certain calibre who thrive off live collaboration and improvisation, not scared of taking risks and who vibe in-the-moment &#8211; a sense of heightened artistry, if you will.<\/p>\n<p>The label will launch officially on 4th November with\u00a0a four-track EP\u00a0by Afrobeat legend Seun Kuti with Fela&#8217;s original backing and features four improvised interpretations of tracks taken from Kuti\u2019s 2018 album\u00a0<em>Black Times.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VzrktHbEGk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Into the New Year, Night Dreamer direct to disc releases continue aplenty with a very rare acoustic album by Brazilian singer and actor Seu Jorge accompanied by long-time friend, collaborator and guitarist Rog\u00ea, a session by UK\/Indian percussionist of the moment Sarathy Korwar, recorded over 4 hours of almost complete improvisation and a session by Turkish psych outfit BaBa ZuLa. A session with US-based sax player Art Baden and his Quartet is in the midst.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Seun Kuti &amp; Egypt 80\u2019s\u00a0<em>Night Dreamer Sessions<\/em>\u00a0will be released on 4th November. You can pre-order it now\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/nightdreamer.bandcamp.com\/album\/seun-kuti-egypt-80-night-dreamer-direct-to-disc-sessions-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/seun-kuti-interview-black-times-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seun Kuti talks about activism and what inspired his new album, Black Times<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><b>Full Tour dates:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>01.11 Nevers | Festival Nevers \u00e0 Vif (FR)<br \/>\n02.11 Rennes | L\u2019Ubu (FR)<br \/>\n<b>03.11 London I Village Underground (UK)<br \/>\n04.11 London I Village Underground (UK)<\/b><br \/>\n05.11 Lyon | Ninkasi Kao (FR)<br \/>\n06.11 Bruxelles | Botanique (BE)<br \/>\n07.11 Zwolle I Hedon (NL)<br \/>\n08.11 Rodez | Le Club (FR)<br \/>\n09.11 Toulouse | Metronum (FR)<br \/>\n13.11 Clermont Ferrand | Cooperative de Mai (FR)<br \/>\n17.11 Cergy | L\u2019Observatoire (FR)<br \/>\n19.11 Bilbao | Kf\u00e9 Antzokia (SP)<br \/>\n20.11 Madrid | Sala Moon \u00a0(SP)<br \/>\n22.11 Montpellier | Z\u00e9nith &#8220;Les Nuits Z\u00e9br\u00e9es Radio Nova \u00bb \u00a0(FR)<br \/>\n23.11 Milan I Base Linecheck (IT)<br \/>\n28.11 Bologna I Locomotiv (IT)<br \/>\n29.11 Rome I Monk (IT)<br \/>\n30.11 Sacile I Teatro Zancanaro (IT)<br \/>\n01.12 Trieste I Teatro Miela (IT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-take recording from Kuti\u2019s 2018 album\u00a0Black Times. 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