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African Brothers Band International of Ghana | Enyimba Di N'aba (Ghana 1983)

African Brothers Band International of Ghana | Enyimba Di N'aba (Ghana 1983) Kwabena Ofori Osei 93 Views • 4 years ago

“Perhaps half a dozen times a year, Nana [Ampadu] and his [African Brothers] band will hold a dance, sometimes at a small hotel in a residential section of Accra like Kaneshie or Asylum Down, sometimes at a major nightclub like Apollo Theatre or Tiptoe Gardens. It is always necessary to fight the crowd in order to see him. Once one is past the crush at the door, there is often no place to sit. The dance floor is shoulder to shoulder with fans dancing non-stop ...

“Most dancers are involved in projecting themselves into the music, and they dance coolly, perhaps singing the songs to themselves and thinking about the lyrics. Their facial expressions are almost inward-looking, though they are always ready to look up, smile and greet each other...”

“When the African Brothers play live, they really wind it up. When performing at a dance, they stretch out in the instrumental sections of their songs, laying down a solid groove and taking long solos. Nana is a small man, extremely handsome; the expression on his face when he plays looks simultaneously like that of a wise old man and a playful child. He has especially good rapport with his audiences, and when he plays his guitar, he watches his dancers just as a master drummer would, fulfilling all the interlocutor roles of a traditional African musician. When he says something, the audience roars.”

-John Miller Chernoff

Nana Kwame Ampadu is the quintessential songwriter, philosopher and storyteller of Ghanaian highlife music.

Born in 1945 in Adiemmra, Ampadu was known for his storytelling prowess from a young age. He combined those skills with highlife-style guitar, which he learned with the help of P.K. Yamoah.

Ampadu would become the “single most important folk commentator in Ghana’s contemporary history,” according to Kwesi Yankah, forming the African Brothers Band with rhythm guitarist Eddie Donkor in 1963.

Using proverbs, witticisms and idioms, Ampadu’s songs often delivered moral lessons and social or political critiques. That was the case with the African Brothers Band’s breakout hit, 1967’s “Ebi Tie Ye” (“some live well”). Yankah described the song’s story this way:

“Once there was a meeting of all the animals to discuss the concerns of the animal world. All the animals were present, including Leopard and the orphan Antelope. It so happened that Leopard took a seat directly behind orphan Antelope and started mistreating him. He clawed Antelope's tail to the ground, making it impossible for him to actively participate in the discussion. No sooner would orphan Antelope begin to speak than Leopard would silence him, with a warning that the meeting was not meant for skinny creatures. The mistreatment went on until orphan Antelope could bear it no longer. He plucked up courage and made a loud plea to the presiding chairman. ‘Petition on the floor, point of order,’ he said. ‘Mr. Chairman, secretary, elders here assembled. I move for an immediate adjournment of the meeting, because some of us are not favorably positioned. Some are favorably, other are not.’ As soon as the meeting saw through the words of the Antelope, there was an immediate adjournment.”

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FROM RECORD SLEEVE: ALBUM DESCRIPTION AND CREDITS
African Brothers International Band of Ghana led by Nana Ampadu
“Enyimba Di Naba”

SIDE ONE
Onipa nnse Hwe
Anibere Nye
Susu Manonye Wo De

SIDE TWO
Kwabena Amao
Kofi Nkrabea
Masis Maso

Recording Engineers: F. Kwakye J. Archer
Sound Mixer: F. Kwakye
Produced by John Uzoh and Justin Morah
Executive Production coordinator: R. Francis

Manufactured by: Makossa International Records, Inc. New York, New York
Distributed by: African Record Stores Ltd.

SOURCES FOR VIDEO DESCRIPTION:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/West_African_Pop_Roots/ihWr03mTSJYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nana+ampadu&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover
https://core.ac.uk/reader/46725220
https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/search?q=NanaKwameAmpadu&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp..../books/book/chicago/
https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_962128

ABOUT THIS CHANNEL
Rare African Vinyl is a project dedicated to honoring African artists who recorded music in the 1970s and 80s, and adding to the body of knowledge of this music online. If you are the artist who created any of the music on this channel, a family member or descendant of an artist, or have a personal connection to any of this music, we would love to speak with you. Please comment on the relevant video or email rareafricanvinyl@gmail.com. Requests to remove any content from YouTube by the original artist will be honored.

Mesh Marina feat. Shennell - Rebel Dubplate | Inity Riddim | Irie Ites Sound

Mesh Marina feat. Shennell - Rebel Dubplate | Inity Riddim | Irie Ites Sound T. Y. Adodo 24 Views • 3 months ago

Mesh Marina feat. Shennell presents “Rebel” on the Inity Riddim — a new official Irie Ites Records release and the latest chapter in the Inity Riddim series.

Written recently by Shennell, “Rebel” was not originally created for the riddim. But when Irie Ites presented the Inity Riddim to Mesh Marina’s manager and producer Mario C, they immediately felt that the song and the riddim were a perfect match. The result is a fresh Jamaican reggae version connecting a new generation of artists with one of the strongest riddim stories in the Irie Ites catalogue.

Mesh Marina is a new Jamaican reggae band created by producer Mario C, known for his work in dancehall and for producing hits for artists such as Anthony B, Vybz Kartel, Beenie Man and D Major. After years away from the frontline of the music business, Mario C returned with a clear mission: to help bring reggae back to the center of Jamaican music culture.

Fronted by Shennell, a young singer from Waterhouse, Kingston, Mesh Marina blends authentic Jamaican roots with modern reggae, pop, hip-hop and Afrobeat influences. Their sound is organic, fresh and built for a new generation while staying deeply connected to reggae’s foundation.

Their first single “Joke Dem A Joke”, produced by Mario C for 3rd Dimension Music, revisited the classic Full Up Riddim and quickly became a strong success in Jamaica, gaining millions of organic views / streams in just a few weeks.

With “Rebel”, Mesh Marina and Shennell bring a new voice, a new message and a new energy to the Inity Riddim.

Artist: Mesh Marina feat. Shennell
Title: Rebel
Riddim: Inity by Lone Ark
Label: Irie Ites Records / 3rd Dimension Music
Producer/founder Mesh Marina : Mario C
Exlclusive dubplate for Irie Ites Sound.

The Inity Riddim is one of the key riddim stories in the Irie Ites catalogue, a deep roots reggae and sound system journey connecting Jamaican legends, foundation voices, modern roots artists and exclusive Irie Ites dubplates.

The series includes now:
- Queen Omega, Chezidek & U Brown “Three The Hard Way”,
- Capleton “Raggy Road”,
- King Kong “Some People Say”,
- Alborosie “Herbalist”,
- Warrior King “Can’t Get Me Down”,
- Big Red’s the French Reggae veteran with his Raggasonic medley “Aiguisé Comme Une Lame / Faut Pas Me Prendre Pour Un Âne”,
- Norris Man “Dem A Bawl”,
- Mesh Marina feat. Shennell “Rebel”.

Run the full Inity Riddim series and discover how each artist brings a different voice, message and vibration to the same Irie Ites riddim.

🎚️ Run the full Inity Riddim Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLf_igegaelW

🔥 Watch “Three The Hard Way” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/5JWhB2I28NQ

🔥 Watch Alborosie “Herbalist” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/gBPCKgYq0W4

🔥 Watch Capleton “Raggy Road” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/3moTgKHhQYA

🔥 Watch King Kong “Some People Say” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/ya507rgrK-E

🔥 Watch Norris Man “Dem a bawl” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/s5TBmZw88c4

🔥 Watch Big Red “Aiguisé comme une lame /Faut pas me prendre pour un âne” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/SxqyDe9WnT8

🔥 Watch Warrior King “Can’t get me down” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/odZ0gaEBxM0

🔥 Watch Mesh Marina feat. Shennell “Rebel” on the Inity Riddim:
https://youtu.be/JenRevvHbxQ

🎤 Mesh Marina feat Shennell "Joke dem a joke" video:
https://youtu.be/bIlib3qTPR8

🎶 More music from Irie Ites:
Irie Ites Records on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Im6Tr0
Irie Ites Playlists on Spotify: https://taplink.cc/irieitesplaylistsonspotify

📺 Subscribe to IRIE ITES REGGAE TV for more reggae, roots, dancehall, official releases, riddim series, studio sessions, Jamaica recordings and sound system culture.

Which Inity Riddim version hits hardest for you — Three The Hard Way, Capleton “Raggy Road”, Alborosie “Herbalist”, Norris Man “Dem A Bawl”, Warrior King “Can’t Get Me Down”, King Kong “Some People Say”, Big Red’s Raggasonic medley or Mesh Marina “Rebel”?

#meshmarina #shennell #rebel #inityriddim #irieites #reggae #jamaicanreggae #rootsreggae

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