Release Date: 27 January 2017
Label: Soundway
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 801647200118
Genres: World Music Africa
Description
Ghana Soundz was the first ever Soundway compilation and became recognised worldwide due to the licensing of the Oscar Sulley track, 'Bukom Mashie' to the soundtrack of Hollywood blockbuster, 'Last King of Scotland'.
Pounding rhythms, blaring horns and pumping vocals – the music is a document of a time forgotten when flares and Cuban heels strutted the streets and night-spots of Accra, the sizzlingly hot and humid capital of Ghana. Influenced as much by traditional rhythms and local highlife as by the music of Fela Kuti, James Brown and Santana, these tunes had almost become extinct – until now!
Ghana Soundz was the first of three collections of rare afro-beat, afro-funk and afro-fusion that Miles Cleret painstakingly travelled the length and breadth of Ghana to assemble.
Tracklisting
Marechal Papillon
Barbara Hernandez
Various Artists
Sai Galaxy
Oluko Imo
Black Truth Rhythm Band
Gypsy Fari
Lord Echo
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
