Gormedzedze - (5:22)
103 BPM Deka Wor Wor - (3:48) 108 BPM
Outside Rhythm - (5:52) 114 BPM
Cantata (Sordid Sound System dub) - (7:27) 128 BPM
Agbe Me Nya Wo - (7:28) 81 BPM
Review: A collaborative recording project between Optimo Music artists MR TC and Whilst - Tafi Allstars also features members of the Tafi Cultural Institute of Tafi Atome, Ghana. They secured funding from Creative Scotland to travel there in November 2016 and record a mini-album of tracks that blend the rhythms and melodies of traditional Borborbor and Agbadza drumming forms, with Ewe songwriting and electronic instrumentation/dub recording techniques. The six tracks on the record came to fruition through various ways of working. Projects like this and the 'Youth Stand Up!' album (which was released on Autonomous Africa in 2015) are of a great help to the local community. After returning, all the tracks were finalised and mixed at the Green Door Studio in Glasgow with the help of Stuart Evans and Emily Maclaren. All the proceeds from the sale of this record go back to Tafi, to fund the completion of the Ghanaian Door Studio.
from $1.89AALP 002
13 Oct 17
International