{"id":91187,"date":"2021-10-28T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/re-decay-kirani-ayat-these-days\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:56:05","slug":"re-decay-kirani-ayat-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/re-decay-kirani-ayat-these-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Re.decay and Kirani Ayat team up on visuals for \u201cThese Days\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Berlin-Based duo drops the video alongside the Ghanaian artist ahead of the international album.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Re.decay is the brainchild of Owen Ross and Emanuel Bender, each an established musician in their own right. Owen Ross has shared the stage with a number of groups and artists (The Roots, Big Boi, OK Go!), while Emanuel Bender has been credited on production for Alle Farben, Dillistone and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese Days\u201d drops ahead of their upcoming album, Way Out East,<\/em> next year, which will feature 15 artists from eight different countries and three continents. As the first instalment of the project, the new video pictures Kirani Ayat<\/a> flexing his lyrical muscles, spouting gritty yet soulful melodies in English and Hausa over Re.decay\u2019s raw,  afro-infused palette , tempered by smooth chords and pulsating groove. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Richard Quagraine Amoah and filmed across stunning West African backdrops, the artist wanders across his homeland of Ghana delivering a message of optimism and reassurance to anyone wanting to be different and innovative: \u201cOver here it often feels like you\u2019re either mainstream or underground,<\/em>\u201d he says. \u201cMy sound is niche, I put in a lot of effort just to stand out. This track is me reminding myself of \u2018Darey da rana\u2019 (\u2018day and night\u2019 in Hausa), \u2018life goes on we living our lives,\u2019 and that I shouldn\u2019t care much for what\u2019s mainstream or for what\u2019s trendy and I should just keep doing me. I just have to stay true to myself<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to “These Days” in our Songs of the Week playlist on Spotify<\/a> and Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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