Rejoice is a very special collaboration between Tony Allen, the co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master of South African jazz. Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two world-renowned musicians talked for decades about making an afrobeat album together. When, in 2010, their touring schedules coincided in the UK, the moment presented itself and producer Nick Gold took the opportunity to record their encounter. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Hugh passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hughs estate, unearthed the original tapes and finished recording the album in summer 2019 at the same London studio where the original sessions had taken place. Rejoice can be seen as the long overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers a union of

“Rejoice” is the new album from Officialdism
Featuring the OPs “Mixed Nuts” () & “SOULSOUP” from SPYFAMILY and “White Noise” () from Tokyo Revengers
Blu-ray includes a full concert video from their last stop of the “Shocking Nuts” tour at Nippon Budokan in February 2023 with 14 songs and “Behind The Scenes” video