{"id":42013,"date":"2019-02-05T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/analog-africa-reissues-legendary-album-funky-rob-way\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:36:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:36:25","slug":"analog-africa-funky-rob-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/analog-africa-funky-rob-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog Africa reissues legendary album &#8216;Funky Rob Way&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20662 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Rob-Way.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Rob-Way.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Rob-Way-759x542.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Rob-Way-661x472.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Rob-Way-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Rob-Way-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Rob Way&#8217;s afro-cosmic album, first pressed in the 1970&#8217;s,\u00a0seems to have come out of an imaginary science fiction movie, made by\u00a0one of the most enigmatic artists to come out of West-Africa.<\/h4>\n<p>German-based label <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?post_type=post&amp;s=analog+africa\">Analog Africa<\/a><\/span> has been unearthing the best in both explosive foot-shufflers and hypnotic sauntering treasures from Africa for the last decade.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Listen to : <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/reissues-2018\/\">The 25 best reissues of 2018<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>This thime, it&#8217;s Rob Way&#8217;s\u00a0enigmatic and groovy\u00a0<em>Funky Rob Way.\u00a0<\/em>Born in Accra, Ghana, in 1947, Rob was\u00a0an admirer of American artists Otis Reading, James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Ray Charles.\u00a0He began his music carreer in Benin\u00a0with bands such as the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and the Black Santiago, and then went back to Ghana to write his own songs. He joined the Mag-2 military band in 1977, founded by\u00a0Amponsah Rockson, which\u00a0had an entire section of its ensemble dedicated to horns along.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3355149395\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/analogafrica.bandcamp.com\/album\/funky-rob-way-2\">Funky Rob Way by Rob<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Together, they recorded two cosmic, Afro-American funk-inspired progressive dancefloor\u00a0albums sung in English.\u00a0<em>Funky Rob Way\u00a0<\/em>is the first of the two, a blend of psychedelic wah-wah guitars, catchy horn hooks, and\u00a0groovy percussions led by Rob&#8217;s charismatic energy and Amponsah&#8217;s arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><em>Funky Rob Way\u00a0<\/em>LP is available on\u00a0Analog Africa.\u00a0Order it on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/analogafrica.bandcamp.com\/album\/funky-rob-way-2\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5>Read Next:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/ostinato-records-musical-storytelling-to-rebuild-ruined-countries\/\">Ostinato Records: musical storytelling to rebuild ruined countries<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20664\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Funky-Rob-Way-LP-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Way&#8217;s afro-cosmic album, first pressed in the 1970&#8217;s,\u00a0seems to have come out of an imaginary science fiction movie, made by\u00a0one of the most enigmatic artists to come out of West-Africa. 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