Monday 19 January 2015

DARK SUBURB steps out with THE AWAKENING CONCERT

Dark Suburb, Ghana’s only Alternative Rock Band, is performing at the
Awakening Concert scheduled for Saturday 7th of February at Alliance
Francaise. The concert will feature Noella Wiyaala, afro Soul singer Eli among several others.

Dark Suburb is an Alternative Rock Band caught between the worlds of the seen and the unseen; the living and the dead.

They have been invoked back to life by a priest disenchanted with the current state of the music industry.

So he travels to the underworld to
recruit the best singer, drummer, guitarist and pianist to form a great band for the ages. But alas! Before the band can make a transition to the land of the living, they must be accepted by the living. The more they are loved,
the more they will be revealed.

They draw their breath, their form, their strength from the vitality of the living. And so for now Dark Suburb is an apparition, their music echoing from
the shadows. The more they are loved, the more they will be revealed.

Dark Suburb is barely a year old but it has already garnered a good following and generated a large amount of curiosity among music lovers in and out of Ghana, all wanting to know more about this mysterious band.


With a 5 track EP and 3 music videos racking in thousands of views, Ghana’s alternative rock band, Dark Suburb, is finally ready to step out with several concerts this year starting with The Awakening Concert.

The event will commence at 6pm and the audience will have the opportunity to purchase Dark Suburbs EP and merchandise.

“BATAKARI NIGHT“ Concert with King Ayisoba

DATE:30th January,2015
VENUE:Alliance Francaise - Accra Alliance Francaise d’Accra (La Paillote Takpekpe stage), Behind Opeibea House, Liberation Link, Airport Residential Area|TIME:8pm |RATE:15GH

King Ayisoba is encouraging Ghanaians to purchase batakiri through the “Batakari Night” concert with artistes such as Wanlov, Yaa Pono, Agongo, Stevo, BOLA, Asaanaho, shake bongo, Prince Buj and keyboardist Opoku Mensah and his band. 

King Ayisoba, an award winning artiste renowned worldwide, has made great waves with his kologo sounds since he was discovered in the Ghanaian music scene in 2005.

He is currently on a campaign trail for more people to patronize batakari from northern Ghana with a show dubbed “Batakari Night”. Also referred to as
fugu, batakari is made of hand loomed strips of cotton. The strips are sewn together by hand of machine and usually have embroidery on the neckline.
Making of batakari has created employment opportunities for many people in the north.

King Ayisoba’s style of music is melodic and percussive at the same time and he has displayed diversity and innovation by using traditional instruments together with hiplife (a style that emerged in Ghana in the mid-90s and contains hip hop and dancehall elements) beats, bleeps and bass.

His lyrics are very personal, sometimes funny, often urgent and always imaginative

THE WRITE EXPERIENCE

DATE: Wednesday 28th January,2015 |TIME:7:30pm
VENUE:Alliance Francaise - Accra Alliance Francaise d’Accra
(La Paillote Takpekpe stage), Behind Opeibea House, Liberation Link,
Airport Residential Area.


The Write Experience is a package of seamless stirring poetry and graffiti
aside an intimate jazz trio thrill by saxophonist and composer, David Bindman; percussionist and pianist royal hartigan and bassist Wes Brown.

They’ve performed, given workshops, and recorded throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, West Asia, and the Americas in a bigger renowned group called the Blood Drum Spirit Ensemble. (www.royalhart.com | www.blooddrumspirit.com)

The event is produced by Inkfluent and powered by Alliance Francaise d’Accra (La Paillote Takpekpe), directed by kwame Write and focuses on environmentalism awareness. 

Graffiti artists Trez & Baby and
poets Efy & Julio Teko from Togo will join Ghana’s Apiorkor & Akosua Hanson, Duafe & AndyonAndy, Ozionn, kwame Write & Namoji, Slim 1 & Wolali for captivating collaborative performances.

There’ll also be live reggae folk
music by Ras Bomba as former Artist-in-Residence at Vienna’s Kunsthalle Exnergasse and afrogallonist Attukwei flaunts some engaging plastic art installations. Be there!