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This Is Frafra Power

Various Artists

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Cat No: MR24CD

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Release Date:  22 February 2019

Label:  Makkum Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  7061251326007

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

Release Date:  22 February 2019

Label:  Makkum Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  7061251747567

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

  • Description

    In the summer of 2017 Francis Ayamga, drummer in King Ayisoba's band, gave me a penn-drive filled with music he recorded over the last couple of years in his studio in Bongo, in the north of Ghana. I got curious, listened through all the tracks and discovered a lot of fantastic music from local artists hardly anyone knows. Most of the songs were song in Frafra, the language of the region. We decided to make a compilation. I made a selection from more than two hundred tracks and in January 2018 I traveled to Bongo to meet the musicians, interview them, make video's and take pictures. We recorded the whole Zenabu women group outside the small studio with one microphone since they did not fit inside.

    "It became a wonderful overview of the local music scene in Bongo, the village King Ayisoba is originally from. In January 2019 I go back to Bongo and we will have a big release party of this album. King Ayisoba is already very busy preparing everything!" - Arnold de Boer, Amsterdam, December 2018.

    Description

    In the summer of 2017 Francis Ayamga, drummer in King Ayisoba's band, gave me a penn-drive filled with music he recorded over the last couple of years in his studio in Bongo, in the north of Ghana. I got curious, listened through all the tracks and discovered a lot of fantastic music from local artists hardly anyone knows. Most of the songs were song in Frafra, the language of the region. We decided to make a compilation. I made a selection from more than two hundred tracks and in January 2018 I traveled to Bongo to meet the musicians, interview them, make video's and take pictures. We recorded the whole Zenabu women group outside the small studio with one microphone since they did not fit inside.

    It became a wonderful overview of the local music scene in Bongo, the village King Ayisoba is originally from. In January 2019 I go back to Bongo and we will have a big release party of this album. King Ayisoba is already very busy preparing everything! Arnold de Boer, Amsterdam, December 2018.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Fausty Amoa Mabila - Nosanayine
      • 2. Awudu Messenger - Seero
      • 3. Linda Ayupuka - Ndaana E'era Ymah
      • 4. Atiah Mba - Hunanki
      • 5. Ragizeer - Matala Ligiri
      • 6. I Remember Yesterday - Bonboriga N Lobema
      • 7. Big Gad - Socre
      • 8. Sugri Hajia Zenabu - Sugri

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Fausty Amoa Mabila - Nosanayine
      • 2. Awudu Messenger - Seero
      • 3. Linda Ayupuka - Ndaana E'era Ymah
      • 4. Atiah Mba - Hunanki

      Side 2

      • 1. Ragizeer - Matala Ligiri
      • 2. I Remember Yesterday - Bonboriga N Lobema
      • 3. Big Gad - Socre
      • 4. Sugri Hajia Zenabu - Sugri