Afrofuturism?

This picture of Minneapolis-based funk band Flyte Tyme inspired me to try to investigate the genre of Afrofuturism in music. But, while I really wanted this band to be the weird underground brothers of Parliament-Funkadelic, turns out this was just their awesome Halloween costumes, circa 1980.


Only really did a surface look at a few artists who would fit in the Afrofuturist category, before moving onto other things on my July 10 show. 

Here are  the ten songs I picked . . .

Sun Ra	Space is the Place
Parliament Funkadelic	Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Axiom Funk	Pray My Soul
Flyte Time	It's The Things That You Do
Starship Commander Woo Woo	Master Ship (excerpt)
Shuggie Otis	XL-30
Curtis Mayfield	Future Shock
Guitar Red	Disco From a Space Show
Dr. Octagon	Earth People
Deltron 3030	Mastermind

Next week? I dunno!