{"id":42134,"date":"2018-11-19T13:23:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T11:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/change-izem-and-k-o-gs-new-single-on-pura-vida-sounds\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T17:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:11:44","slug":"change-izem-and-k-o-gs-new-single-on-pura-vida-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/change-izem-and-k-o-gs-new-single-on-pura-vida-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Change\u2019, iZem and K.O.G&#8217;s new single on Pura Vida Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18267 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/izem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/izem.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/izem-759x450.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/izem-661x392.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/izem-465x276.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/izem-375x222.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>K.O.G<\/strong>\u00a0a.k.a Kweku of Ghana\u00a0and i<strong>Zem<\/strong>\u00a0a.k.a In Ze Early Morning.<\/h3>\n<p>Pura Vida Sounds,\u00a0the\u00a0brand new imprint set up\u00a0by\u00a0GUTS\u00a0presents its\u00a0second release. &#8220;Change&#8221; is a collaboration between\u00a0iZem\u00a0and\u00a0K.O.G,\u00a0two expats who capture their surrounding vibrations perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Singer and multi-instrumentalist, born in Accra (Ghana), resident in Sheffield (UK),\u00a0K.O.G is constantly innovating. Leader of his own afro funk band\u00a0K.O.G and The Zongo Brigade and lead vocalist for\u00a0Onipa, K.O.G\u00a0is a creative force, relentlessly touring and collaborating across a range of styles, from afro funk to house, dancehall and reggae to jungle.<\/p>\n<p>Guitar-schooled in Spain, it is in Brazil and Argentina that iZem\u00a0collaborated on multiple projects before landing in Dublin, behind two turntables and a mixer and finally ending up in Lisbon. After his first album, <em>Hafa<\/em>,\u00a0released by Soundway Records, the French-Moroccan beatmaker maintains his permanent connection with Portuguese-speaking music from South America and Africa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0y0zikqVytw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this single, the lead track &#8220;Change&#8221; sees them opening the doors of creation that little bit wider. It is no accident that these two distinct voices have come together on &#8220;Change&#8221;, with\u00a0K.O.G\u00a0bringing his trademark vocal versatility in a unique style, drawing as much from his African roots as from Jamaican and US soul inspirations.<\/p>\n<p>For lovers of simplicity or anyone who would like to put their own voice on it,\u00a0Pura Vida Sounds\u00a0offers the instrumental version of &#8220;Change&#8221; on the B-side of the 45 rpm.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/ecko-bazz-hakuna-kulala\/\">Ugandan rapper Ecko Bazz releases a killer Grime EP on Hakuna Kulala<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18266\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/change_izem_kog_slee_RguRg-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K.O.G\u00a0a.k.a Kweku of Ghana\u00a0and iZem\u00a0a.k.a In Ze Early Morning. Pura Vida Sounds,\u00a0the\u00a0brand new imprint set up\u00a0by\u00a0GUTS\u00a0presents its\u00a0second release. &#8220;Change&#8221; is a collaboration between\u00a0iZem\u00a0and\u00a0K.O.G,\u00a0two expats who capture their surrounding vibrations perfectly. Singer and multi-instrumentalist, born in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42134"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=42134"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}