{"id":86021,"date":"2021-08-30T13:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T11:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/okyerema-asante-drum-message\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T10:59:15","slug":"okyerema-asante-drum-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/okyerema-asante-drum-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Strut Records reissues Okyerema Asante\u2019s Drum Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The British label returns to the rich archives of Black Fire Records to celebrate an album by the Ghanaian master percussionist. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Recorded in Washington D.C.\u2019s Arrest Studios in 1977, Asante\u2019s Drum Message<\/em> is a deeply spiritual album. \u201cThis album really came from my heart<\/em>,\u201d he explained. \u201cI wanted to project the African spirit in the music and come out with some unique African jazz<\/em>.\u201d Having started his career with the likes of Ebo Taylor, he later joined Hedzoleh Soundz, which performed with legendary musicians like Fela Kuti and Hugh Masekela. It is by playing with the South African jazzman that he met with the band Oneness Of Juju<\/a>, who accompanied him on the recording of Drum Message<\/em> with Black Fire<\/a> Records.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four tracks from the album <\/em>are already available: Oneness\u2019 classic \u201cFollow Me,\u201d Asante\u2019s dancefloor favourite \u201cSabi,\u201d the mellow grooves of \u201cAsante Sana\u201d and the esoteric \u201cMother Africa.\u201d The album has been fully remastered by The Carvery studios, and follows a compilation<\/a> partnership between Strut Records<\/a> and Black Fire Records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drum Message<\/a><\/em> by Okyerema Asante, out on October 1st on Strut Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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