Let Us Clap Lamisi

• 1 Agol 04:29
• 2 Zane Ya Kinkin 02:36
• 3 No Orgasm in Heaven 03:34
• 4 Tumsum 02:41
• 5 Come 04:05
• 6 Salma Daka 03:19
• 7 Nisaal 04:13
• 8 Unity 01:56
• 9 Painkiller 03:24
• Total Runtime 30:17

Info zu Let Us Clap

Let Us Clap ist eine kühne Hommage an die Schwesternschaft in Lamisis Heimatland. Tief im Norden Ghanas halten Frauen und Mädchen seit jeher mit komplexen Handklatschrhythmen und harmonischen Gesängen den Takt – eine uralte folkloristische Tradition, die von Polyrhythmen und Melodien der Vorfahren geprägt ist. Das ist nicht nur Musik, sondern Geschichte, die über Generationen hinweg weitergegeben wurde, unverfälscht und unberührt. Das Album wurde gemeinsam mit der ghanaischen Ikone Wanlov the Kubolor geschrieben.

Lamisis kraftvolle, gefühlvolle Stimme verbindet traditionelle Rhythmen aus dem Norden Ghanas mit zeitgenössischen Klängen. Sie lebt in Accra und leitet die Lamisi Fata Foundation, die Mädchen in der stark patriarchalisch geprägten Gesellschaft ihrer Heimatregion unterstützt. Ihr neues Album zelebriert die Klatschtraditionen der Frauen aus dem Norden Ghanas und setzt sich gleichzeitig für die Stärkung der Frauen und den sozialen Wandel ein.

„Die Frauen von Zebilla haben mir die Klatschrhythmen beigebracht, die die Grundlage für einen Großteil ihrer Musik und Tänze bilden“, sagt Lamisi. „Wanlov und ich beschlossen, ein Projekt zu starten, das diese alte Kunstform mit traditionellen akustischen Instrumenten und den seit Jahrzehnten in Ghana beliebten synthetisierten Vocals kombiniert.“

Die neun Tracks von Let Us Clap stellen die Vorstellungen von „traditioneller“ Musik auf den Kopf und finden ihren Schatz in der Schnittmenge zwischen alten organischen Grooves und im Studio erzeugter Elektronik, jahrtausendealten Klatschmustern und stark verfremdeten Vocals. Das Tempo schwankt durchgehend, Spannung baut sich auf und löst sich wieder. Die Zukunft steht im Dialog mit der Vergangenheit.

Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, Tilinca, Shaker, Kalebasse, Goje, Bongos, Frikyiwa, Xylophon, Clave, Congas, Atenteben, Dondo, Gesang (Tracks 5, 9)
Lamisi Akuka, Gesang, Klatschen
Ako Abednego Sowah, Dondo, Gesang (Tracks 6, 9), Conga (Track 8), Xylophon (Track 9)
Elikplim Kofi Amewode, Posaune (Tracks 3, 9)
Anthony Awuni, Gesang (Track 5), Goje-Solo (Track 6)
Elikplim Kofi Amewode, Posaune
Anthony Awuni, Goje (Solos)

Aufgenommen in den Trumu Studios
Abgemischt von Wanlov the Kubolor & Joel Williams
Mastering von Tim Oliver
Produziert von Lamisi, Wanlov the Kubolor & Joel Williams

Lamisi Akuka
(born Regina Lamisi Awiniman Anabilla Akuka in 1986) is an artist from Ghana.

Lamisi is a Ghanaian singer who has been lead singer for one of Ghanas finest bands (Patchbay Band) and has performed for and along with almost all A-Class artist from Ghana. After 8 years of playing with the band, Lamisi has now started her solo career as a full time artist hence releasing her maiden Album titled BRIGHTER SIDE in February 2019. She has since being active on live stages at some of Ghana's premium musical events within 2019 including the Stanbic Jazz Festival 2019, Ghana World Music Festival , Africa Legends Night 2019 etc.

She recently recorded a yet to be released song with Dr. Heather Maxwel of VOA Africa fame, gearing up for call ups for some music festivals within the year.

Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu
known by his stage name Wanlov the Kubolor born September 8, 1980, in Ploie?ti, Romania is a Ghanaian-Romanian musician, film director and cultural icon born to an Akan father and a Romanian mother. Kubolor is a Ga word that essentially means wanderer, vagabond. Kubolor, whose style is fiercely independent, and is arguably the most revolutionary artist in Ghana credited with creating a unique sound that pushes the borders of Afro-Pop.He is the brother of the television show host, model, musician Deborah Owusu-Bonsu.

His parents moved to Ghana before he was a year old, and he grew up in an artistic household where both parents were avid collectors of music and had an interest in the arts. He attended Adisadel College. It was while he was at Adisadel that he began rapping his favourite lyrics with high school friends and performing the local circuit in Cape Coast and Takoradi. It was here that his enduring musical partnership with the songwriter M3NSA was formed. He then moved to the United States for college in 2000 where he attended the University of Mary Hardin Baylor. He dropped out after two years of studying Computer Science and Business Administration and from then on was to dedicate himself fully to his musical career.

Kubolor is affiliated with the Ghanaian-based production house Pidgen Music. Out of his musical and personal experiences, he has succeeded in creating a space to share his art comfortably. In refusing to modify his versatile style to fit the mold of pre-existing genres, Kubolor hopes to inspire others to create a personal evolutionary path for positive change.His widely acclaimed versatility is heard on his debut album "Green Card", released in late 2007 on his return to Ghana after a 7-year stay in the USA. Already being referred to as an icon, this enigmatic man has gone on to capture the hearts and minds of the people of Ghana. Though at home with his fans, he is also no stranger to the company of internationally acclaimed musicians. Wanlov the Kubolor has had the honor of collaborating with Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ghana's Rap pioneer / High life legend, Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hip life, among other well-respected artists worldwide. His flair for the extraordinary has netted him wide acclaim and in this well-earned popularity, Kubolor was recently chosen as one of 5 artists to represent Africa as a lyricist/songwriter in the "Routes to Roots" project. A collaborative initiative conceived by Bigga Fish, a UK-based organization that engages young people through creative mediums, Routes to Roots is a musical project with 10 Artists carefully selected from Africa and the UK to record an album that represents all sides of the cultural spectrum. He has developed his "Gipsy" persona, by wearing only wrappers and no shoes, styling himself as a voice for the revolution by the common man on the streets of Ghana. He has developed a strong socially conscious identity, campaigning for the cause of OAfrica a charity for out-of-home children and various similar causes, in particular, those linked to ecology or pollution in Ghana. In 2017, he told members of Blogging Ghana that he "is considering making a third instalment to his Ghanaian Pidgin-English musical Coz Ov Moni".

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