#3003: New Sounds Live with Vernon Reid

New Sounds | Feb 4, 2011

From the New Sounds Live concerts at the World Financial Center, listen to the world premiere of "Artificial Afrika," a multimedia work commissioned by WNYC and created by electric guitarist and composer Vernon Reid. Featuring spoken word artist/throat singer Akim Funk Buddha, DJ Logic, and turntablist/percussionist Leon Lamont, the completed work, years in the making, was unveiled for the first time this past October.

PROGRAM #3003, NS Live with Vernon Reid (First aired on Fri. 11-13-09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Vernon Reid, Akim Funk Buddha, DJ Logic, and Leon Lamont	New Sounds Live @ World Financial Center, Oct. 24, 2009	Artificial Afrika: excerpts [51:00]	This performance not commercially available. Information on Vernon here: www.myspace.com/vernonreid

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