| Mystic Energy | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Osibisa |
| Cover: | File:Osibisa_MysticE.jpg |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1980 |
| Length: | 40:37 |
| Label: | Calibre Records |
| Producer: | Gerry Bron |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | African Flight |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Mystic Energy is an album by the British band Osibisa.[1] [2] It was released in 1980 by Calibre Records. It continued their shift towards R&B and away from the world music style they had debuted with. The elephant on the cover echoes the artwork of their earlier albums.
Newsday, reviewing a reissue, wrote: "The highlife elements in many of Osibisa's arrangements often gave the band's sound a manic, frantic density that overwhelmed the melodies. And yet the live version of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's 'Spirit Up Above' (on Mystic Energy) is a clear reminder that Osibisa's brand of Afro-jazz was right in line with albums like Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, as well as the Africa-inspired tracks on Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life."[3]