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Otrabanda Records & Music releases the contemporary and historical recordings of (acoustic) creole musics from around the globe with a special interest in the (Dutch) Caribbean, Africa and the island musics of the world.
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GHANA CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS INDEPENDENCE
Otrabanda Records joins in the celebrations of 50 years of Ghana's status as an independent nation on March 6, 2009 with the release of BOKOOR BEATS, - Vintage afro-beat, afro-rock and electric highlife from Ghana (OTB08) its third CD with Ghanaian music.
March 6, 1957 heralded an upsurge in the production of all forms of local music. A great deal of Ghana's rich musical traditions have been documented, recorded and played by the musician/musicologist Professor John Collins. His own Bokoor Band, founded in the 1970s, was at the forefront of blending western pop with indigenous African rhythms and musical traditions, inaugurating the first generation of so-called Afropop. By the time it had disbanded Collins transformed it into Bokoor Studios where he went on to record over 200 artists in various genres including palmwine and electric highlife, afro-beat, afro-rock, afro-jazz, gospel, reggae and traditional drumming.
BOOKOR BEATS collects some of the vintage afro-beat, afro-rock and electric highlife by Brekete & The Big Beats, Mangwana Stars, Oyikwam Internationals and T.O. Jazz which Collins recorded as well as the Ghana Film Studio recordings of several of his own compositions with the Bokoor Band.
All the tracks were remastered from the original tapes. With copious notes by Collins himself it documents another chapter in the history of Ghanaian music. The classic John Collins 1970s afro-rock composition Onukpa Shwarpo was recently covered in a remix version by upcoming star Atongo Zimba and the version included here has been completely remastered.
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Otrabanda Records are distributed in the USA and UK through Stern's Music, in Japan by Ahora, in Spain by Ventilador Music, in France by Socadisc and in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Music & Words.
Address distributor:
Music & Words:
Postbus 1160
3430 BD Nieuwegein (Nederland)
tel: +31 (0)30 6067674
fax +31 (0)30 6067225
e-mail: info@musicwords.nl
website: Music & Words
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The cd can also be ordered directly from Otrabanda Records and Music:
Send an email to info@otrabandarecords.com with your name and full address, and transfer € 18 or $ 18 to our bank account:
Otrabanda Records & Music, Donker Curtiusstraat 16-1, 1051 JN Amsterdam.
For Dutch buyers: Account number: 34.47.90.681
For buyers outside the Netherlands: IBAN 51, Rabobank 0-3447.90.681, Swiftcode RABONL2U
The price mentioned includes postage. The price for buyers outside the Netherlands does not include bank transfer costs.
