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Banning Eyre reviews Club D'Elf's "You Never Know," and Afro-Zen Allstars' "The Buzz and the Bells."

This transcendent debut shows how a new generation of African musicians are using field recordings to explore their own heritage

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Nigerian superstar King Sunny Adé’s 1982 international breakthrough, an album whose complex fusion of musical traditions produced a singularly captivating groove.