Ferry Djimmy - Rhythm Revolution

Cat No: AJX2LP633
Format: 2x12" Vinyl LP
Release Date: 15 Jul 2022
Genre: Afrobeat / World Music

a1. Be Free
a2. Atakpa DC 9
a3. When I Come In The Road
a4. Brest DC10
b1. Young Revolution
b2. Carry Me Blak
b3. Atinga
b4. Ichango
c1. A Were We Coco
c2. Egbemi Black
c3. Love Love
c4. Start To Pray
d1. Oluwa Loranmi Nichai
d2. Toba Walemi
d3. Chikri Man
d4. My Dad Has Me To Kanm

Recorded for Benin’s Communist revolution, ‘Rhythm Revolution’ is a rare and truly unique Afrobeat record – it’s rumoured only 200 copies of the original release survived.

Ferry Djimmy was a schoolteacher, former boxer, and a personal friend of Muhammad Ali and Fela Kuti. He was later Jacques Chirac’s personal bodyguard.

Recorded at the Satel Studio in Cotonou, the album is one of the toughest, wildest and deepest slices of Afro-Funk cut – with raw African rhythms, distortion, energy and wit. Alongside nods to Hendrix, Kuti and James Brown, there is something truly unique about Ferry Djimmy’s musical legacy.

A must-have for Afrobeat, Afro Funk and Psych collectors.