Wednesday 27 January 2016

"Wisa Greid Got Carried Away" – Kofi Kinaata




The Susuka hitmaker on what inspires him on stage while performing says “the wild reaction from the fans anytime he steps on stage gets him hyper to deliver more. And also gives him the challenge to put in more work so the fans can appreciate him more.” 

In situations where the crowd are not somewhat responsive while he is on stage, Kofi Kinaata says “that also pushed him further to engage the crowd closer – it could be that it’s the first time they’re seeing him perform and are skeptic so he makes sure he gives his best to nail it and win more fanbase anytime he meets a totally new crowd from the stage.”  

 In a witty remark, Kofi Kinaata says “Wisa was carried away. He was overjoyed by the reception the crowd gave him on that first big stage he had. We don’t have to blame him. Sometimes the reception you get from fans can make you go to the extremes. The brother was overwhelmed to the extent that he forgot himself at that moment and did that.”  

Kofi Kinaata is known for witty comments on interviews and in his music. Nonetheless, he writes impeccable Fante, deep and rich lyrics for his songs. It is no doubt his fans call him the #FanteRapgod. Even though he is not the first Fante Rapper in Ghana, he has proved a lot on the sheets within this short period he shot into the limelight that his fans bestow that monicker on him.  

Kofi Kinaata has been very busy on the road for the past week promoting his new single Sweetie Pie, a love song he’s done purposely to wow the females – and he’s achieving that a lot.  On his TV interview with Ibrahim Ben-Bako, host of #TheRedCarpet on Multi TV, most of the fans who called in were 70% females who sang live on air to his new song #SweetiePie and his nationwide hit single, Susuka.

Thursday 21 January 2016

Check out the details for this year’s ‘Phreak Out Live’



Beat Phreaks, a brand that constantly puts the spotlight on people with extraordinary musical talent are back at it! As part of their mission to champion some of the brightest acts on the local and international scene, they are showcasing an amazing lineup of Musical Talent on Saturday the 20th of February 2016. This festival is dubbed Phreak Out Live.
The organizers of the event have recognized a thirst for something different: A common-ground where serious music fans and fanatics (Beat Phreaks) get together to express that love for music and the excitement that goes with discovering new artistes or genres of music and not just what is fed to them via radio.
Phreak Out Live is creating that necessary platform where DJs, Producers, Dancers and Artistes can showcase their craft live and allow music lovers to interact and appreciate each art-form better.
The event is set to be a major annual festival. The first edition of Phreak Out Live was nothing short of enthralling with acts like Wanlov a brilliant artiste and performer, and Azizaa an energetic female dubstep musician, amongst others, delivering breath-taking performances which set the standard for future editions of the event.
With a lineup of dope DJs and performers as well as an amazing band called the Musical Lunatics, doling out an eclectic mix of Electronic and Alternative music, the first edition of Phreak Out Live was one of the most musically relevant events last year.
This time, they are upping the stakes. This year’s edition of the festival is divided into two parts:
The Music Concert.
This would happen from 8pm to 10:30pm at Alliance Française Accra and will showcase really amazing Indie acts such as Ghanaian Budapest based artiste Sena Dagadu of Irie Maffia who is bringing an eclectic mix of Electronic/Tropical music, alongside some of the most brilliant young artistes in the local scene Worlasi, Poetra, Yung Pabi, Quayba, Kojo-Cue, King Promise amongst others who are setting the standard with their socially relevant music and great young producers such as Kuvie who are challenging the status quo with their work!
The Electronic Music Rave:
This is dubbed “Electric Warehouse” and would feature some of the best Electronic Music DJs in and out of the country at Plot 7 lounge in Osu. The Funky Professor Kobby Graham alongside Eddy Blay, Keyzuz and more will be bringing a heavy dose of bass and blasting out the best Dubstep, Drum n Bass, Grime, and House Music vibes from 11pm till late! The rave would also give festival goers the opportunity to meet and interact with artistes from the concert. If you have never been to a warehouse rave, you shouldn’t miss this experience!
Leave your inhibitions at home, and come ready to experience exceptional musical talent on the 20th of February to set the tone for the rest of your year. For more information, send an email tobeatphreaks@gmail.com or find them on twitter @BeatPhreaks.

Festival BreakDown:
Music Concert: Alliance Francaise, Accra
Time: 8:00pm
The Electric Warehouse: Plot 7, Osu (Nyaneba Estates)
Time: 11pm
Date: Saturday 20th February, 2016
Rates:
Special Festival Package (Allows entry to both music concert and electronic warehouse: 40 GHS
Music Concert only: 20 GHS | 10 GHS for Alliance Française students
Electric Warehouse only: 30 GHS
Discounted rates*
Music Concert: 15 GHS | 7 GHS for Alliance Francaise students
Special Festival Package: 35 GHS
(Discounted rates only apply when you pay with Slydepay)

Sunday 17 January 2016

‘The Write Experience’ is back!


Last year, THE WRITE EXPERIENCE had a strong message about the essence of appreciating our environment through a fusion of poetry, live jazz music, graffiti and contemporary dance. By popular demand, Inkfluent brings you the second edition, dubbed: “Healing Handicapped Homes”.

The event explores how art can be used as a tool to heal and keep us aware in the midst of society’s drag. This is another kwame write concept composed of an animated collage of film, poetry, live music and contemporary dance featuring a collaboration with artist Serge Attukwei and performances by Rewrite Crew, Jude Kurankyi, poets from Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin, as well as a live music session by Humble International Band (an extraordinarily talented team of persons with blindness) aside a few surprises.

The fusion is based on Africa’s intrinsic visual and oral context and the dynamism of body, action, space, time and energy, also using technology as an innovative means to explore the realities of displacement due to natural or artificial effects. The result subtly creates the awareness of fragility of existence and the concrete belief in transformation when a collective of broken societies merge.

THE WRITE EXPERIENCE is a long-term project aimed at bringing together artists from different parts of Africa for cultural exchange and social activism; reflecting on the Scramble for Africa (the artificial drawing made among European powers which started with the Berlin Conference of 1884–85) and its after-effects due to the creation of African political boundaries. We combine history and trajectory of contemporary experimental forms mixing local, anglophone and francophone dialects.

This particular edition remarkably involves persons with disabilities in performances to express individuality and the limitless healing abilities of the human touch. Even as a continent, made up of independent but handicapped bits, how does our connectedness aid our growth?

Don’t miss out on the THE WRITE EXPERIENCE II

VENUE: La Paillote Takpekpe at Alliance Française Accra
DATE: 27th January, 2016
TIME: 7:30 – 9:30 PM
GATE: GHc5/GHc3 for AF students/Free for those under 16

CONTACT:
Alliance Française Accra
Liberation link (behind Opeibea House), Airport Res. Area
P.O. Box CT4904, Cantonments Accra – Ghana
www.afaccra.org
Facebook: AllianceFrancaisedAccra
Twitter: @AF_Accra
Instagram: af_accra

blood drum spirit trio – anlo kete (the write experience I)

Tuesday 12 January 2016

Kwaw Kese,Yaa Pono,Wanlov and others to perform at King Ayisoba's Batakari Night.


After touring many European festivals, King Ayisoba, the widely acclaimed "King of Kologo Music" brings the second edition of the Batakari Night to Alliance Francaise. The musician is currently one of the most popular Ghanaian artists abroad.

 Batakari Night will feature some of Ghana's leading Kologo players and special guest appearances from Wanlov the KubolorKwaw Kese, Stevo Atambire,Yaa Pono and Zea (from Holland) with whom King Ayisoba has worked extensively. Everyone is encouraged to wear Batakari, as it is one of the few wholly locally produced fabrics in use today. 

The Batakari night is a night of fantastic music, performances and a market place for some of the finest batakaris ever made. Don't miss it.
20ghc/ 10ghc For Af Students And Members/ Free Under 16

Alliance Française Accra presents the first screening ever in Ghana of the film titled HUMAN, produced by Filmmaker and artist ; Yann Arthus-Bertrand


Filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent 3 years collecting real-life emotional stories from more than 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Those emotions, those tears and smiles, those struggles and those laughs are the ones uniting us all.

Following the global success of HOME (2009), which was seen by more than 600,000 million people, award-winning filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand produced yet another stimulating film and called it HUMAN. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,020 women and men in 60 countries and 63 languages. These profoundly personal and emotional accounts are interspersed with stunning aerial footage that offers critical insight into life on earth. More than a film, HUMAN’s narratively high reaching project consists in the experience of an immersive and inspirational odyssey, a movement to encourage reflection on the human condition, ignite a conversation around the meaning of our existence, and empower people to make social change.

From freedom fighters in Ukraine, to farmers in Mali, to death row inmates in the United States, HUMAN offers a significantly emotional and essential fresh documentation and portrait of our human condition in global and contemporary society, questioning the challenges our civilization faces.

The United Nations on September 12th, 2015 chose to premier the film in honor of the 70th anniversary of the United Nation General Assembly. On the same day, the film was screened at the Venice Film Festival while Google release special and exclusive content on their homepage.

And for the first time it will be showing in Ghana by Alliance Française Accra for the general public to enjoy this insightful film that will keep as thinking of our very own existence as humans and why we behave the way we do.

Financed by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, HUMAN, the multimedia project, which includes a full-length feature and a variety of special content, will have its first and only screening in Ghana.

The event will take place on Friday 22nd January, 2015 at Alliance Française Accra at 6:30pm. Film screened on large screen in the Amphitheatre (outdoor)

Join us to learn about what makes us human as well as embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence. The movie lasting 3 hours, there will be a break and refreshments served halfway.

Monday 11 January 2016

Beat Phreaks confirmed Sena Dagadu,Worlasi,Kuvie and others for this year's Phreak Out Live


Beat Phreaks, a brand that constantly puts the spotlight on people with extraordinary musical talent are back at it! As part of their mission to champion some of the brightest acts on the local and international scene, they are bringing an amazing line-up of talent to Alliance Francaise on Saturday the 20th of February 2016.
Phreak Out Live is not just another music concert. The organizers of the event have recognized a thirst for some- thing different: A common-ground where serious music fans and fanatics (Beat Phreaks) get together to express that love for music and the excitement that goes with discovering new artistes or genres of music and not just what is fed to them via radio or in our night clubs.
Phreak Out Live is creating that necessary platform where DJs, Producers, Dancers and Artistes can showcase their craft live and allow music lovers to interact and appreciate each art-form better.
The event is set to be a major annual festival. The first edition of Phreak Out Live was nothing short of enthralling with acts like Wanlov a brilliant artiste and performer, and Azizaa an energetic female dubstep musician, amongst others, delivering breath-taking perform

This time, they are upping the stakes and showcasing really amazing Indie acts such as Ghanaian Budapest based artiste Sena Dagadu of Irie Maffia who is bringing an eclectic mix of Electronic/Tropical music, alongside some of the most brilliant young artistes in the local scene Worlasi, Poetra, Yung Pabi, Quayba, Kojo-Cue, King Promise amongst others who are setting the standard with their socially relevant music and great young producers such as Kuvie who are challenging the status quo with their work!ances which set the standard for future editions of the event.
With a lineup of dope DJs and performers as well as an amazing band called the Musical Lunatics, doling out an eclectic mix of Electronic and Alternative music, the first edition of Phreak Out Live was one of the most musically relevant events last year.

Leave your inhibitions at home, and come ready to experience exceptional musical talent at Alliance Francaise on the 20th of February to set the tone for the rest of your year. For more information, send an email to beatphreaks@gmail.com or find them on twitter @BeatPhreaks

Date: Saturday 20th February, 2015
Location: Alliance Francaise, Accra
Time: 8:00pm
Rate: 20ghc