Ata Kak - BatakariAta Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album Obaa Sima. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release in 1994, the cassette found a new life online in 2006. A not sounderground cult obsession grew after it appeared on the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as its very first post, a sort of manifesto for the project. His addictive amalgam of left field electronic music and Twi language hiplife reached

Protean Threat

the double lp vinyl version has 9 additional minutes of material not on the cd or digital versions

a rangy tenor that belies his taste for soul shouters

from nostalgia for a joyous past to the tragic recent loss of a territory

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so vocalised

clocking in at 36 minutes

When he’s on

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‘Kick On The Floods’ and ‘Bohemian Step’