Combining the musical and celestial territories of West African, Ethiopian and avant-garde jazz with a heavy dose of Afro-funk, the Shaolin Afronauts’ wide-ranging influences, production techniques and instrumental skills set them apart from their contemporaries. With a sound that is equally at home on the dancefloor as it is on the record player, the 11-piece collective are due to release a five-album project of new music, their first in seven years, in early 2022.