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Alpacas Collective plays raw funk, steaming afrobeat and enchanting ethio jazz. Based in Louvain, Belgium, the band built a solid local reputation as the steaming live band Alpacas. Recently, Alpacas nestled into a recording cocoon, to emerge as Alpacas Collective, self-releasing its debut album in October 2022. Live energy is generated by a stage-filling crew of nine on drums, percussion, bass, guitar, organ and horns. Studio magic is conjured up with the occasional help of friends performing their signature tricks. The band runs on its favourite music from Lagos to Addis Abeba, from Augusta, Georgia to New Orleans, bringing it all back home in a way unlike any other band would. Alpacas Collective shared the stage with the likes of Mulatu Astatke, The Budos Band, Lefties Soul Connection, Cody Chesnutt. Quantic Soul Orchestra and The Poets of Rhythm, First album Seven Wisdoms of Plutonia, on vinyl and streaming services (October 2022).