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The guardian
d. 30. mar. 2017
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Robin Denselow
d. 30. mar. 2017
"Apozora Ayisoba, better known in Ghana as King Ayisoba, became a star in west Africa by furiously updating traditional styles. He comes from the far north of Ghana, where he studied the kologo, a two-stringed lute, before moving to the capital Accra, where he used the traditional instrument to provide the backing for his massive hit I Want to See You, My Father. It's very much in evidence on his new album, along with a variety of Ghanaian drums, which are mixed in with beats, electronica and echoes of hiplife, the local blend of highlife and hip-hop. Producer Zea, from the Dutch band the EX, provides a range of musical settings, from the full-tilt chanting of the opening track to the acoustic Grandfather Song, or Dapagara, which features the Nigerian saxophonist Orlando Julius. But the album is most remarkable for the intensity and urgency in Ayisoba's thrilling and insistent harsh-edged vocals".
fRoots
2017 May
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Vic Smith
2017 May
"It is easy to hear why this music should appeal to a punk. It has uncomplicated, raw-edged singing and playing of the kologo and it has protest as a leading element in its lyrics (well, apparently so...) ... Yet Ayisoba's wild screaming voice seems to prompt memories of something from an earlier period. What was it? It was not until the honking saxophone of Orlando Julius played a solo on one track that the penny dropped - those early singles by Little Richard! In these days of a global music village news of a success travels fast and, understandably, everyone wants a piece of the action, so apart from the Nigerian saxophone, we get everything from electronica through the Ghanaian rapper M3ensa to Lee "Scratch" Perry. Let there be no doubt about it, this may be a new name in theWest, but Ayisoba is huge in his part of Africa. Despite all the additions, this still has the feel of a rural music. Quite why the music of this northern minority ethnic group should have taken themoresophisticated coastal south of Ghana by storm is more difficult to explain".