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Black Blood was an afrobeat/funk/soul/disco
outfit formed by expatriate African musicians in Brussels, Belgium in
the mid-70's. They performed in local clubs, were sighted by a record
label executive, cut a few singles and LPs (1975's Chicano arguably
being their strongest work) and appear to have vanished into thin air
afterwards.
This African band called Black Blood was performing in a club in
Brussels, Belgium when producer Jean Kluger (Roland Klugers older
brother, who produced Sail-Joia ao.) heard them. He offered them a
record deal and cut this single with them. At first, the song
Marie-Therese was the a-side. The song 'A.I.E.' was just another
version of a song Kluger had recorded with the Yamasuki's. When it came
out, radio's were playing A.I.E. and it was a hit, so it was put on the
a-side on later pressings. Now, about the music: A.I.E. starts off with
a drumbreak filled with percussion sounds, right before the catchy
melody comes in. The vocals are african shouts. Chicano is one of
their's best work in my opinion. It contains their great downtempo funk
track 'Avenue Louise' and the catchy breakbeat track 'AIE', which are
both available on 45, but it also has the hypnotic Afrobeat track Jesus
Wa-Basungu on it. Produced by Ralph Benatar and Jean Kluger.
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