{"product_id":"the-solution-is-restless","title":"The Solution Is Restless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Solution Is Restless\u003c\/em\u003e was written and recorded with \u003cstrong\u003eDave Okumu\u003c\/strong\u003e of The Invisible and legendary drummer \u003cstrong\u003eTony Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e shortly before he sadly passed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the album, Joan Wasser says: Damon Albarn introduced me to Afrobeat legend, Tony Allen, at the March 2019 Africa Express event The Circus and we hit it off. Tony and I played a version of Nina Simone's \"\u003cem\u003eI Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free\u003c\/em\u003e\" and decided to record together. I asked my old friend and fierce musician, Dave Okumu, to join from London and that November, in a Parisian studio, we improvised all night. When the world shut down, I used those recordings to write a record entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Solution Is Restless\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis first single, \"\u003cem\u003eTake Me To Your Leader\u003c\/em\u003e\", is the most incendiary on the new record. I wrote it watching Jacinda Ardern, PM of New Zealand, navigate 2020. In my dreamworld, the US asks to meet her in order to learn how to better run the country. \"Take me to your leader\/'cause I'm ready to play\/can't hold my breath any longer\/word on the street is she's a healer\/I'm know I'm down to obey\/and don't we need a break in the chaos\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a year when most of the world pressed 'pause', Joan has been making and releasing new music. She wrote and recorded with Damon Albarn for the Gorillaz 'Song Machine' album and released her second album of covers (\u003cem\u003eCover Two\u003c\/em\u003e) and her first live album, \u003cem\u003eLive\u003c\/em\u003e. She also appeared on the Afel Bocoum album \u003cem\u003eLindé\u003c\/em\u003e (World Circuit).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat. Fela once stated that, \"without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat\" and he was described by Brian Eno as \"perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived\". Besides many other musical milestones and collaborations, in recent years Tony teamed up with Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong to form The Good, the Bad and the Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDave Okumu\u003c\/strong\u003e is best known for fronting the Mercury Music Prize band The Invisible and more recently announcing the release of a solo album \u003cem\u003eKnopperz\u003c\/em\u003e due for release in September.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50466761802059,"sku":"1127247","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50466761736523,"sku":"1127246","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a3e01463-66e9-41fb-b33b-36c22baee7b9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727320213","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/the-solution-is-restless","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}