{"id":40822,"date":"2020-03-12T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T11:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/highlife-and-house-intertwine-on-the-album-wono-by-koichi-sakai-and-afla-sackey\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:32:40","slug":"koichi-sakai-afla-sackey-wono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/koichi-sakai-afla-sackey-wono\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlife and house intertwine on the album Wono by Koichi Sakai and Afla Sackey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38286 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dbd0d2de-afla-sackey-e1584009522107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dbd0d2de-afla-sackey-e1584009522107.jpg 502w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dbd0d2de-afla-sackey-e1584009522107-465x277.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dbd0d2de-afla-sackey-e1584009522107-375x223.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The two artists, with this first collaborative project, present Wono, which will be released on March 13 by Olindo records.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Wono<\/em> is a collaborative album between London-based Tokyo producer Koichi Sakai, who has been mixing for decades, and Afla Sackey, a renowned Ghanaian percussionist. This versatile 7-track album features a collaboration with the Senegalese Kadialy Kouyate who plays kora and a revisited version of a melody by the Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji on the track &#8220;Jingo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=767001400\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/olindorecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/wono-lp\">Wono LP by Koichi Sakai \/ Afla Sackey<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wono&#8221; which means &#8220;It&#8217;s up to us&#8221; in Ga is inspired by the artists&#8217; two musical cultures, fusing with perfection Afla Sackey&#8217;s rhythms with Sakai&#8217;s electronic productions like the eponymous track, which combines acid house and highlife groove.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">You can consult the cover and pre-order the album at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/olindorecords.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olindo records<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38287\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9f01047d-pochette-wono-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two artists, with this first collaborative project, present Wono, which will be released on March 13 by Olindo records. 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