One On One with Gallaxy
WHO IS GALLAXY: Gallaxy is one of Ghana’s fast rising Afrobeat and Highlife music duo comprising of two young men Kwesi Dav (Vocalist) and Bra Chiky (Rapper). We started almost 8 years and commercially in the industry for about 3years now. We have songs to our credit but ‘Wodo Nti’ and ‘BokoBoko’ are our major hit songs at the moment. Rocking everywhere.
WHEN DID YOU DECIDED TO FORM THE GROUP: Individually we came to the world with our own unique musical talents. But growing up in the same neighborhood in Jerico a suburb of Ashaiaman, we decided to come together to form a music group so that we can together entertain our fans. However we choose the name ‘Gallaxy’ a word coined from science meaning two or more stars coming together. We believe names naturally have impacts on our lives and that’s the main reason why we love our name.
DID YOU HAVE ANY FORMAL EDUCATION IN MUSIC: Yes, music is a ‘Technical Discipline’ that you need to study. Just like accountancy before you can comfortably work in a bank. We learn everyday when writing and recording our songs. Music is dynamic in nature. So if you don’t study the trends and how it is evolving over the years, you will only be producing what nobody wants to listen to. Yes we study the rudiments of music on our own. But no formal classroom education.
WHAT INSPIRES YOUR KIND OF MUSIC: It is quite amazing. First of all. Music is our God giving talent so it comes from above. But Gallaxy on a normal day is inspired by the crazy beats by Shottoh Blinx our sound engineer. Most of songs are like reality checks. They are things that happen to people including us every day. Management is also supportive. They create the concept and tell us and there you go. Big ups to our manager Mr Gideon Narh. He inspired us.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GHANA’S MUSIC INDUSTRY?: The industry has its own challenges. But Gallaxy as a group feels more can be than to resolve some of the horrible challenges facing us. The future of Ghana music is unsafe if the stakeholders involve don’t find a lasting solution to them. This is a digital age. Musicians in the west are selling their songs, so let’s also find a way out.
WHEN ARE YOU RELEASING YOUR FIRST ALBUM: Gallaxy has a tall list of songs that can make up an album but we’re very careful as to what to push into the market now? We are still working our brand and strengthening our fan base before any other things. So when we’re ready our public relation team will get you informed formally and hope you support it.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT TEAM GALLAXY: Oh ok. Team Gallaxy is just a good number of our core fans worldwide who are supporting our career. It’s a movement that is even recognized by our management and they are even part of it. Check them out on facebook: www.facebook.com/TeamGallaxy .
HOW DOES YOUR FAMILY SEES YOUR MUSIC CAREER?: Well it was difficult initially but with time they have realize music chose us and will need to response to the divine call. We’re coming from a very religious home where circular music is not a family thing because of the negative perception.
A LOT OF GIRLS OUT THERE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE SINGLE: They want to give us some lol. Music is our focus right now. We don’t really want to be talking about relationship but with time the world will get to know whether we are single or not. The focus is the business now. We love all our fans all day and respect their concern as well. All Gallaxy fans are called ‘Gallaxians’. Thumbs up
. DO YOU GUYS HAVE SPECIFIC DIET IN KEEPING YOUR GREAT VOICE: We are not so religious to that but we are very careful not to lose our voice. We eat what every Ghanaian eats. We don’t joke with our regular voice training session.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL YOUR FANS OUT THERE?: We want to thank God, our management, Harbour City Recordz and the loyal fans out there for the love and support they are giving us. We are so grateful. We have a lot of songs including collaborations coming up this year so there should keep their fingers crossed.
They can get interactive with us on the social media .On facebook it is Gallaxy GH, Twitter @GallaxyGH, Instagram:@GallaxyGH but our channel on YouTube is GallaxyOfficial. Please note the spelling of our name ‘Gallaxy’.For booking please send us an email : Jonilar@yahoo.com or call our booking agent on 0246106248 Agyis3wokidey!!
