Afro Rock

Afro Rock was recorded at Morgan Studios in London in 1973 by John Cameron and Alan Parker as a collection of stripped-down African rhythms, virtuoso jazz instrumentation, fuzzed-up wah wah guitars and spaced-out library breaks.

The percussion is effortlessly funky, and the flutes so melodic, it’s as if the LP was crafted with the beat lovers of the future firmly in mind. As Cameron himself described it in Unusual Sounds, this is “heavy duty drum-and-bass salsa music”.

As with all of our KPM reissues, the audio for The Road Forward comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. The sleeve reproduction was handled by Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity.