Femi Kuti - Live at the Shrine [Deluxe Edition DVD + Live CD]
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DVD details
Actor: Femi KutiBrand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Live, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
DVD Reviews of Femi Kuti - Live at the Shrine [Deluxe Edition DVD + Live CD]
DVD Review: Femi Kuti - Live at the Shrine [Deluxe Edition DVD + Live CD]
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a terrible DVD! Sound sucks, footage is rough and content is depressing. Wish I could send it back.DVD Review: Fela Shrine
Summary: 5 Stars
Want to get behind the scenes of Nigerian life in the music business? This is a great music and documentary video that you can enjoy over and over.DVD Review: good movie, terrible sound mix (2 channel)
Summary: 2 Stars
Live at the Shrine is a great film about Femi Kuti and the scene surrounding the Shrine in Nigeria. Unfortunately, the sound mix is awful. Femi's band is pushed way into the background of the mix so you would never know he has like a dozen musicians up there. The sound is totally flat and lifeless, nothing at all like the electrifying live shows I've seen. The CD has exactly the same mix, too. Usually I'm not one to complain, especially about dry technical issues, but this seriously undermines an otherwise enjoyable concert film. What a shame. DVD Review: Live Femi is a cut above
Summary: 5 Stars
This CD + DVD addresses femi Kuti's greatest weakness as an artist - that the musical quality and sheer energy of his live performances generally have not been propery translated to his recordings. His studio CDs are so boring when compared to his live shows. More than ironic, this is tragic since Femi has for sure on of the best live shows around in music anywhere in the world.
I would recommend this to anyone, it is a fantastic recording and well worth the money.
DVD Review: This is a gem
Summary: 5 Stars
I first watched the live concert at the Shrine on cable and I was hooked by the raw power and intensity of the music.
I also listened to the audio cd. I would rate the audio quality a 7 out of 10 - considering the live event and audience participation. But forget about audio fidelity because the music and the rythm takes over everything. The DVD alone is worth every penny. Femi Kuti has great stage presence and the reaction of the audience tells the story. I like the way the live event on stage and back stage was shot. It is very direct. You see the artist living, creating and performing all in the same environment - the Shrine - a concert-hall & night-club & living quarters - that has achieved cult status. In the interview Femi talks about the difficulties of shooting a live concert. He humbly states that the emphasis on the program was on feeling rather than technical accuracy. IMHO Femi is very successfull with vocals, sax and keyboard. But on vocals my vote has to go to his father Fela. The base lines that drive the music are fresh and original with every listen. The feeling I get from this music is a great sense of freedom and abandon. The performance is highly charged, spontaneous and explodes with energy. The reactions of some of the audience member's star-struck with Femi are quite interesting. The audience throws plastic bottles and chairs to show their appreciation!
Femi communicates strong political themes and does a pretty good job continuing his father's legacy.
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Description of Femi Kuti - Live at the Shrine [Deluxe Edition DVD + Live CD]
An unprecedented collection by Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti, Live At The Shrine includes both a concert film/DVD documentary and a live concert CD, singularly conveying the beauty and joy of Afrobeat music - a combustible cocktail fusing jazz, funk, and traditional African music - while also communicating it's fascinating roots and politics which began with Femi's father Fela Kuti, the creator and godfather of Afrobeat.
Live At The Shrine takes place in the Kuti family's hometown of Lagos at the Africa Shrine, where every Sunday Femi plays to a packed house of revelers. With music as his weapon of choice and the Africa Shrine a temple of protest song, Femi continues his father's fight, railing against the corrupt Nigerian government and staunchly defending PanAfricanism. Capturing this experience through interviews, street scenes, and the music itself, Live At The Shrine captures the spirit, passion, and hope, of a man and a people who are fighting.
DVD
87 minute feature
Plus 46 minutes of bonus footage
Exclusive Femi Kuti interviews
Bonus live performances of "Water No Get Enemy" and "Yeparipa"
"Shotan" music video
CD Tracklist
1. Intro 0:45
2. Dem bobo 7:11
3. Oyimbo 4:15
4. I wanna be free 3:59
5. If them want to hear 7:35
6. Eho 4:45
7. 1, 2, 3, 4 4:23
8. Yeparipa 4:10
9. Can't buy me 5:37
10. Bring me the man now 6:17
11. '97 6:36
12. Intro Shotan 1:13
13. Shotan 6:07
14. Water no get enemy 5:06
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