For Nation Beat , their globe-trotting groove has crossed not only countries, but continents. And the band’s Brazil-to-New Orleans flight of beats and brass will stop at NYC’s Joe’s Pub on Saturday for an album release show celebrating their fifth LP, “Archaic Humans.” “We’ve been around for a minute, and in the early years, they were the first kind of established performance space that we did in New York City,” bandleader and drummer/percussionist Scott Kettner told The Post.
“And they’ve always supported us through all these years. “So it’s great to be doing the album release party there. It’s kind of like a homecoming.
” Kettner and his crew — which also includes tenor saxophonist Paul Carlon, trumpeter Mark Collins, trombonist Tom McHugh and sousaphone player Heather Ewer — will bring the same communal spirit that has transcended borders to the collective experience at Joe’s. “You can dance there if you want or just listen to music. So it’s a unique room,” said Kettner, whose outfit will be joined by progressive hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon and South African singer-songwriter Melanie Scholtz — both guests on “Archaic Humans.
” Like Nation Beat’s musical mix, their new album title — conceptualized by Kettner and his co-writer Carlon — is multilayered. “The whole concept of the band, really, is that we’re borrowing traditions from these styles of folk music from a hundred years ago,” he said. “We’re carrying tho.