Montreal’s own Afrodizz came on Saturday, July 3rd to perform at Club Soda for Montreal’s annual Festival International de Jazz. The group was looking formal, all wearing black pants, white button up shirts, and black ties. Their music is a cross between afrobeat, jazz, and funk. They opened the show with “Yayaya”; it started the show off immediately with an explosive and energetic vibe. On stage stood the main singer Gabriel Aldama and the seven-man band that included instruments such as saxophones, a trumpet, a cowbell, guitar, bass, bongos, drums, and an interesting instrument called a shakira, reminiscent of a maraca but larger and looks like a vase. They performed their new album called “Sounds from Outer Space”. The sound was a bit hectic and the image of the group didn’t exactly match their musical quality. I actually found it more pleasurable to close my eyes.

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