{"id":80422,"date":"2021-05-19T19:10:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/onipa-chicken-no-dey-fly\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:30:37","slug":"onipa-chicken-no-dey-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/onipa-chicken-no-dey-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Onipa and Franz Von reunited on the magnetic &#8220;Chicken No Dey Fly&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A track that announces the release of the mixtape <em>Tapes Of Utopia<\/em>, scheduled for next September. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The collective Onipa brings together the Ghanaian artist K.O.G. and the British Tom Excell, also member of <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/nubiyan-twist\/\">Nubiyan Twist<\/a>. K.O.G. defines this initiative as follows: &#8220;<em>Onipa means &#8216;human&#8217; in Akan, the ancient language of the Ashanti people of Ghana. It&#8217;s a message of connection through collaboration: from Ghana to London, from our ancestors to our children, Onipa brings energy, groove, electro, Afro-futurism, dance and fire!<\/em>&#8221;   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Chicken No Dey Fly (feat. Franz Von)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZftNVnFKgzg?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Onipa &#8211; Chicken No Dey Fly <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Onipa unveils &#8220;Chicken No Dey Fly,&#8221; the first single from the new album <em>Tapes of Utopia<\/em>. This track explores Afrobeat, while denouncing the greed of those in power. We also hear the drums of <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/tony-allen\/\">Tony Allen<\/a>, but also the hip-hop artist Franz Von. In this new project, the singer K.O.G. is on the balafon, while Tom Excell is on guitar and electronic music. They both play percussion, along with other musicians such as Dwayne Kilvington, Joe Henwood, and Finn Booth, the latter two also being members of Nubiyan Twist.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collective, which will be touring the UK in March 2022, explains the title of the new album as follows: &#8221; <em>\u2018Tapes of Utopia\u2019 refers to the era of African street market tapes, a sort of \u2018re-imagining\u2019 of mixtape culture, mixing the genres of analog Afrobeat, highlife and soukous sounds with Afro-futuristic rap and electro. Tapes of Utopia symbolizes a time when technology was decentralized, a vision of utopia where humans are liberated by technology that benefits the people and not the elite.<\/em>&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tapes Of Utopia<\/em> will be released  on September 17, via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/boomerangrecordsmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boomerang Records<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out Onipa in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly.jpg 708w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly-661x672.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly-465x473.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly-375x381.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b33065c2-chicken-no-dey-fly-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A track that announces the release of the mixtape Tapes Of Utopia, scheduled for next September. The collective Onipa brings together the Ghanaian artist K.O.G. and the British Tom Excell, also member of Nubiyan Twist. 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