Lafayette Afro Rock Band

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡, 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙆𝘼 𝙇𝙖𝙛𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙤 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝘼 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧-𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣—𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥’𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙-𝙩𝙤-𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 ’𝟳𝟬𝙨.

This album unearths a twisted treasure trove of grooves, originally scattered across obscure side-projects and international pressings, brought back to life by Strut on blood-soaked vinyl exclusively for Halloween 2025.
Originally released as a 1976 Japan-only compilation featuring the Lafayette Afro Rock Band under a plethora of pseudonyms—Sweet Exorcist, Captain Dax, Hot Blood, Krispie and Co., and more, the release was masterminded by producer Pierre Jaubert and led by bandleader Frank Abel with the funk-virtuosity of the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band group, the minds behind the much sampled ‘Soul Makossa’ and ‘Malik’ albums.

Disco Frankenstein represents the band at their most creative—layering wah-wah guitars, thunderous Afrobeat rhythms, and creepy-crawly synths into a funky stew of horror-disco gold. Tracks like “Dr. Beezar (Soul Frankenstein),” “Disco Vampire,” “Zeke the Zombie,” and “Igor’s Reggae” blur the line between Halloween novelty and dancefloor fire, conjured with full seriousness by studio wizards who knew how to raise the funk.