Editing Afro Celt Sound System (section)

== Split ==
During 2015, the band had split into two formations, one of them including [[Simon Emmerson]], N'Faly Kouyate and [[Johnny Kalsi]], the other one [[James McNally (musician)|James McNally]] and [[Martin Russell]]. The split was announced on the band's website in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=An open letter about what has been happening to Afro Celt Sound System|url=http://afroceltsoundsystem.com/Afro-Celt-Sound-System-open-letter|date=January 2016|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073107/http://afroceltsoundsystem.com/Afro-Celt-Sound-System-open-letter/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The controversial new Afro Celt Sound System album 'The Source' released today. |url=https://tradconnect.com/profiles/blogs/the-controversial-new-afro-celt-sound-system-album-the-source-rel |website=TradConnect |access-date=15 November 2020 |date=29 April 2016}}</ref> The dispute officially ended with an announcement on social media on 21 December 2016. {{Blockquote |text=Simon Emmerson, James McNally and Martin Russell are pleased to announce that they have been able to set aside their differences and come to an amicable agreement to bring their dispute to an end. Going forward, McNally, Russell and Emmerson have agreed that Emmerson will continue to perform as Afro Celt Sound System and McNally and Russell will work under a new name to be announced in due course. While McNally, Russell and Emmerson will no longer be performing or working together they recognise, and are grateful for each other's contribution to Afro Celt Sound System over the past two decades and will be working with the extensive community of musicians that make up the long standing Afro Celt Sound System family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/officialafroceltsoundsystem/posts/1384670074878165|title=Afro Celt Sound System|via=Facebook|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117134949/https://www.facebook.com/officialafroceltsoundsystem/posts/1384670074878165|archive-date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statement about ACSS |url=https://www.afroceltsoundsystem.org.uk/news/statement-about-acss/ |website=Afro Celt Sound System |access-date=15 November 2020 |date=21 December 2016}}</ref>}}