Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra

Over the last seven years, Poland’s Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra has crafted a style of afrobeat all their own. The frontline vocal trio of Anna Piotrowska, Agata Dąbrowska, and Magdalena Kuś creates a timbre that’s unmistakably Warsaw Afrobeat. Forceful yet beautiful English and Polish language vocals contrast melodic horn lines over afro rhythms to recontextualize the traditions of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, forging a sound that Dąbrowska describes as “firmly rooted in afrobeat on the one hand” yet WAO has been involved a “constant process of development exploring new sounds and techniques. That is why I decided to smuggle my personal more pop vision into afrobeat without disturbing the character of WAO music.”

Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra official website here.