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01. Santrofi - Kokrokoo
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02. Santrofi - Alewa (Black and White)
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03. Santrofi - Kwaa kwaa
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04. Santrofi - Africa
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05. Santrofi - Odo maba
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06. Santrofi - Cocoase
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07. Santrofi - Adwuma
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08. Santrofi - Kwabena amoah
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09. Santrofi - Konongo kaya
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ARTIST
SANTROFI
TITLE
Alewa
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
OUT HERE RECORDS
CATALOG #
OH 034LP
OH 034LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
4/24/2020
LP version. Includes booklet and download code. "Even without an album out: [
Santrofi
] have already set the world on fire freaking out audiences all over Europe on their 2019 summer festival tour including Sines in Portugal, WOMAD in UK, Roskilde and WOMEX in Tampere. This young all-star band from Ghana brims with gifted musicians and energy on stage. The eight-piece collective is made up of a young generation of awarded musicians who have backed anyone in Ghana from Azonto sensation Sarkodie to Nigerian superstar
2 Face Idibia
, but their passion isn't local pop but highlife. And their mission is to bring it back; not only to the world but also to Ghana, where the young generation has forgotten all about this great music. Santrofi's debut album
Alewa
now brings you a new wave of fresh highlife founded by bassist and producer
Emmanuel Ofori
who rose from the source having played with
Ebo Taylor
,
Pat Thomas
, and
Kwashibu Area Band
, and has now formed his own band collective: Santrofi. The eight musicians are deeply rooted in vintage Ghanaian highlife music in all its forms. The influences range from the riveting fast-paced pulse of '70s dance-guitar highlife, or the other-worldly sound of highlife funk to the polyrhythmic beats and melodies that took Afrobeat across the globe. The members have toured the world with legends like Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas,
Gyedu Blay Ambolley
,
Osibisa
,
George Darko
, and many others. They have learnt from the masters and are now ready to take highlife into the future.
Alewa
is a metaphor for a popularly known local black and white striped sweet. It symbolizes the need to recognize, accept, tolerate and embrace racial diversity to build a world with love and unity. On stage, Santrofi breaks down hierarchies the musicians alternate their roles each growing on the other's talent while harmonizing as a whole.
Alewa
was composed arranged, produced, and recorded in Ghana in a joint effort by Santrofi. Santrofi in Akan mythology is a rare and precious bird, identified by its bright colors and four wings; it is so unique, it was forbidden to be hunted. Attempting to catch and lock up the bird will bring you bad luck. If spotted and left to fly away, great luck and fortune can be expected. So let the bird fly!" Santrofi in Songlines
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