Three years after the release of his debut album, “Super Sun”, Bez is back with the release on Thursday of the first single off his yet untitled second album.
‘There’s a Fire’ marks Bez’s return to the Nigerian music scene, it showcases his intentional sound swathed in African rhythms and syncopation. The song is an evolution of the sound that fans all over the world have come to know and love.
“The music is beautiful and creative and it showcases an authentic African groove, fusing a large horn section, call and response and a long coda that is reminiscent of the late great Fela Kuti compositions,” write his publicists.
Bez has spent the past year recording in studios in New York, Houston, Lagos, and even going to his Northern Nigerian village of Karu, Nassarawa State to work with and record traditional musicians and instrumentation to craft this big, bodacious, brilliant and brassy collection of records of which ‘There’s A Fire is the first single.
The track features phenomenal bassist and recording artiste, Michael Olatuja. Houston TX based, Marcie Chapa, extraordinary percussionist who currently plays in “Suga Mama”, Beyonce’s all-female band. Tying the sound all together is Bez’s producer and label head, Cobhams Asuquo.
‘There’s a Fire’ is a brilliantly crafted love song, co-written by both Bez and X3M Music recording artiste, Simi.
