Kyekyeku & Super Opong Stars

Kyekyeku & Super Opong Stars
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Super Opong Stars
Super Opong Stars
Super Opong Stars
Super Opong Stars

Songs

afrobeat
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Videos

African Voices CNN show
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  • country:Ghana
  • region:West Africa
  • style(s):Afrobeat, Highlife
  • label:The Blue Hedgehog
  • type:Band
  • gender:male
  • instrumentation:percussion, woodwind, singer songwriter, pop group
  • artist posted by:Estúdio Medusa

Line up

  • Benjamin Nii Oblitey Amui (trumpet)
  • Daniel Kwarteng (drums)
  • Derrick Lamptey (bass guitar)
  • Emmanuel Lamptey (keyboards and 2º guitar)
  • Eugene Ampadu (Kyekyeku) (lead vocal and guitar)
  • Jonathan Boye Bimpong  (trombone)
  • Michael Amenyenu (percussion)

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Kyekyeku (Tche-Tche-Kou), a ‘wizard with the guitar’ (CNN) is from a new generation of Ghanaian musicians who makes the distant past meet contemporary idioms of West Africa’s big musical heritage. His music draws from the forest folk Palmwine blues and the cross rhythms of Ghana that gave birth to some of the unique styles to have come out of Africa south of the Sahara particularly Highlife and Afrobeat.

"My music is integrally Ghanaian highlife with a tangent to Afrobeat. It’s a revival of the vintage sounds from the 1970s with punchy horns, rhythms and an overall pulsating vibe to have fun with, while engaging the self to be aware of our situation as humans."

Kyekyeku and his group Ghanalogue Highlife create a unique and energetic sound mixing the Highlife and Afrofunk of compatriots Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas and Nana Ampadu; bursting into an exciting Afro-urban beat with lyrics reminiscent of village songs, protest songs, love songs and the ancient African spirituality. Kyekyeku is one of the exponents of Ghana's new generation of music. In recent years the band toured Africa and was also a favorite of the public at music festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Festival Latitude, among others

He has released two albums: “Higher Life on Palmwine” in 2016 and “Sor” in 2017 and is preparing to release the third project in 2020.