New Album 'DON'T TAKE MY SOUL' Produced By GUTS - Out sept 13th
A sonic painting of my community, the urge of vulnerability and living in the moment. Kweku and the band reconnects us to our childhood innocence and the obligation of being a positive impact on society and the world. A setting, non reliant on the boundaries and borders of the future and its restraints but a story reflecting gratitude for life and the opportunity to see another day and take another step in this wonderful world. A reminder to breathe and be hopeful in hard times. Encapsulation of catchy melodies woven around traditional Agege vibrations , cosmic hilife groove, chanelling rhythmnic African poetry over fusion of elements today's sounds.
lyrics
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Lyrics:
Standing on my balcony
Seaside scenery
Zome 6 energy
No time for enemy
So much swagger
We no dey see poverty
Ma mind dey ma family
Police be my allergy
U want break my bone
Yo we no get skeleton.
Samai s3f dey fear me
Black pass your melanin .
Pumping in your body
We go burn some calories
No Hymns from methodist
Pray for your enemies
Ano dey speak parables
Adey ask my salary
tings no be cool for me
dont u kill my energy
I can't live in fallacy
U know say eno be me
Mama say we no go see
Live your life live it free
Jesus make I ask wetin for Lagos
We dey live life nobe teasers
We dey buss mind for your speakers
I let the ink flow , stroll through this narrative, Parodies, flashbacks , nerves in this chemistry,
Extensions of dysfunction, seeds of anomalies thats me.. floating in the deep its the synergy
I 've been going on this merry go round
Probably from the minute I was caging these doubts
Logging all my stress I feel my shoulders getting down but I stick around keep it pumping till its
gone south.
My words are weapons ripping out your inner fears, YEAH, feel your heartbeat pulsing when am
near YEAH, we don't look back we pacing outta here nebula rising the dragon will appear
Revelation warned me the signs of rapture, capture , the last days exhuming disaster, am after,
the after life factor the specter, sending resistance in the presence of karma
Lalala (I live for today.. I just wanna dance )
Kweku
credits
released May 2, 2024
Composers - K.O.G ( Kweku Sackey) & Owen Burns
Lead Vocal - K.O.G
Additional Vocal - Amy Clark & Sunday lendis
Drum - Theo Goss
Bass - Owen Burns
Trumpet - Felix Burling
Sax - Harry Fowler
Baritone - Ben Powling
Guitar - Ben Haskins
Keys - Jasper Green
Percussion - K.O.G / Theo Goss
Executive producer - GUTS
Recorded - Leeds Beckett University Studio, Leeds & The Green Room Studios, Leeds
Recording Engineer's - Ed Allen, Xanthe Sparks
Sound Editors - Owen Burns, Ed Allen, Ben Haskins
Final Mix - Mr Gib @One Two Pass It Studio, Paris
Mastering - Benjamin Joubert @Biduloscope Mastering
Artwork Design - Paulo @playground.atelier
Photography - Roasted Kweku
Visual - marc Heymann
Project Director - Jemma Clark
Leader of afro-fusion collective K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade.
Singer and front man of ONIPA.
Co-founder of Zongo Music – a collective for alternative music, based in Sheffield and Ghana.
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