вЂњWe need to do something about our ominous climate chamges, about the increasing dangers we find ourselves with nuclear proliferation, and with police brutality,вЂќ Chretien says, noting вЂњitвЂ™s difficult to forget my Somali-born neighbour who died after a police altercationвЂќ, a reference to Abdirahman Abdi whose death led to manslaughter charges levelled against officer Daniel Montsion in Ottawa.ДЇor partygoers out there, they will definitely find songs from Chaos Theories to be a great addition for dancing. These tracks from the new album, Boat Rockers, Sky High, War Games, General Strike, Slumlord, and Well Runs Dry all attest to working class themes and the sign of the times we find ourselves today. вЂњWe live in desperate times and desperate times call for desperate speak,вЂќ says band leader Chretien, adding that their new album speaks truth to power. They bring their performance to the stage of TorontoвЂ™s Velvet Underground November 30 along with their new album Chaos Theories, which is rife with protest songs, making them even more instructive for the times. Little wonder the Ottawa-based band (formed in 2002) is signed to the London (England)-based label Strut Records renowned for promoting afrobeat music worldwide. вЂњI like Souljazz like many afrobeat bands around the world,вЂќ says Seun Kuti, FelaвЂ™s youngest son, in an African World interview during a Canadian tour recently. Fela founded afrobeat in 1970, 27 years before his death in 1997 and during a period he popularised music as a weapon for social change.

They are funky, jazzy, groovy and danceable.Д«and members Pierre ChrГ©tien Marielle Rivard, Steve Patterson, Ray Murray, Zakari Frantz, and Philippe LafreniГЁre are multi-instrumentalists who are fast turning out to be major acts around the world spreading heady topical issues as well as the genre of funk and Fela KutiвЂ™s afrobeat. вЂњThe Souljazz OrchestraвЂќ is the name of the band, and in every respect they live up to the billing.

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