Rapturous Apollo Helios, The Ruffcats

Rapturous Apollo Helios & The Ruffcats – “Orile To Berlin” (Sonar Kollektiv, SK487LP). A pan‑continental funk‑soul document: Afrobeats‑trained horn lines meet Berlin’s deep‑funk engine room, with gospel‑lifted choruses and sturdy rhythm guitars. Themes of migration and celebration run through the writing, but this is dance music first—warm, big‑band energy captured with studio finesse. A joyous set that connects West African pulse to European club craft.