8.8
Plays / Listener
44,295
Last.fm Listeners
3,902
Deezer Fans
16,200
Spotify Monthly
Top 89%
✨ Emerging
2011
Active Since
15
Releases
The Shaolin Afronauts are an Adelaide-based afrobeat band that is styled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Sun Ra. Their music incorporates elements of avant-garde jazz, soul and traditional African and Cuban percussive rhythms. Founded in 2008 out of a fascination with Afrobeat and creative improvised music the band began their life as a support for The Transatlantics before branching out to play their own shows. Over the course of the next few months
— Last.fm
Why This Artist
The Shaolin Afronauts scores in the top 89% overall, with 44K listeners and 4K followers. A afrobeat act in the sonic world of Menahan Street Band and El Michels Affair.
Sounds Like
Menahan Street Band · El Michels Affair · Vulfpeck · Thundercat · Herbie Hancock
Discography
The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part Five(2022) · album
The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part Two(2022) · album
The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part Four(2022) · album
The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part Three(2022) · album
The Fundamental Nature of Being, Part One(2022) · album
Morning Song / Valley of the Crucible(2022) · single
Broken Flowers / Sun Spiral(2022) · single
The Simien Fox / Rumba Cyclique(2022) · single
Dust / Salt Flat Muscle(2022) · single
Follow the Path(2014) · album
Abyssinian Suite, Pt. 2
5:06Abyssinian Suite, Pt. 3
3:44At the Shrine
5:36Baie de Sangareya
4:14Ojo Abameta(2014) · ep
Quest Under Capricorn(2012) · album
Brooklyn(2012) · single
Flight of The Ancients(2011) · album
Journey Through Time
5:15Kilimanjaro
6:26Rise With the Blind
4:35Shaolin Theme
4:37Shira
7:39The Scarab
4:54Journey Through Time(2011) · ep