Agbara Orin

No Go Stop are a 12-piece Afrobeat ensemble that emerged from a jazz musicians’ collective in Bristol. They perform original material and are fronted by Marie Lister on vocals, a singer whose clear voice carries the songs well. With four horn players, three percussionists, two guitars, bass and keyboards behind her, Lister has a big wave of sound to ride. No Go Stop create a warm, very rhythmic groove and they demonstrate that the West Country is home to impressive musicians. The band's jazz roots are evident in the horn players’ lyrical solos yet their collective sense of melody and fluid rhythms mean the music is never self-indulgent.

As a debut album there's lots to like. The Bristol band have a real feel for what Fela Kuti and Tony Allen created 40 years ago. If there's a weakness, it's a lack of a particularly individual identity. But when the horns start to weave around one another on ‘Animal’ and the percussion gets funky, No Go Stop sound like real contenders for the contemporary Afrobeat crown.