{"id":94739,"date":"2021-12-15T10:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T09:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=94739"},"modified":"2021-12-15T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T09:57:03","slug":"k-o-g-shidaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/k-o-g-shidaa\/","title":{"rendered":"K.O.G. goes solo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Never far away from Onipa and his other collective projects, vocalist Kweku Of Ghana announces his solo journey with a new album and \u201cShidaa\u201d, an energised soukouss infused song.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/k-o-g\/?_per_page=17\">K.O.G.<\/a> aka Kweku Of Ghana has made his career in bands, alternating between his role of singer and frontman of <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/onipa-2\/?_per_page=17\">ONIPA<\/a>, co-founder of Zongo Music (a collective for alternative music based between Sheffield and Accra), leader of afro-fusion group K.O.G. &amp; The Zongo Brigade or member of the Riddimtion Sound dub project. The artist now wants to work solo and has unveiled \u201cShidaa\u201d, the excellent first single of upcoming album <em>Zone 6, Agege.<\/em> Produced by Tom Excell and <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/guts\/\">Guts<\/a> in collaboration with K.O.G\u2019s Zongo Brigade family, the track blends a smooth sax with a little soukouss guitar, an afrobeat flavour and a nice rap verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Zone 6, Agege<\/em> was titled in homage to the vibrant Accra neighbourhood K.O.G was raised in. The album, to be published on <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/heavenly-sweetness\/\">Heavenly Sweetness<\/a>, will reference Kweku\u2019s childhood soundtracks, while adding a modern twist to it with featurings from close collaborator Franz Von and highlife legend <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/gyedu-blay-ambolley\/?_per_page=35\">Gyedu-Blay Ambolley<\/a>. The different tracks will tell \u201c<em>sounds and stories celebrating Africa, our nature, nurture and future, a connection of beautiful energy with the rest of the world<\/em>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kogkwekuofghana.bandcamp.com\/album\/zone-6-agege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Zone 6, Agege<\/em><\/a> by Kweku Of Ghana, out on February 25, 2022 via Heavenly Sweetness.&nbsp;<\/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-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"K.O.G - Shidaa (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9K_B1X_VFW0?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>K.O.G &#8211; Shidaa (Official Audio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/kweku-of-ghana-agege-zone-6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never far away from Onipa and his other collective projects, vocalist Kweku Of Ghana announces his solo journey with a new album and \u201cShidaa\u201d, an energised soukouss infused song. 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