KonKoma

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KonKoma are a London-based Afro-funk band signed to Soundway Records. [1] The band fuse Afro-funk and Afrobeat with the influences of American blaxploitation-era soul and 1960s psychedelia. [2]

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Members

KonKoma features among its members two highly esteemed Ghanaian musicians - Alfred "Kari" Bannerman and Emmanuel Rentzos [3] - who have shared the stage with artists including Peter Green (founding member of Fleetwood Mac) and Hugh Masekela as well as both having been long-standing members of the Afro-rock group Osibisa. [4]

List of members

Releases

KonKoma's self-titled debut LP was produced in 2012 by Max Grunhard and Benedic Lamdin (Nostalgia 77) and recorded and mixed by Mike Pelanconi (aka Prince Fatty) in Brighton. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Spotlight: KonKoma's 70's Afro-Funk Excellence". Afropop Worldwide . May 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Male, Howard (June 30, 2012). "CD: KonKoma - KonKoma: Afro-funk of the highest order from this London-based Ghanaian band". The Arts Desk . Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Woolmer, Joe (June 25, 2012). "Konkoma: Konkoma". Artrocker . Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ Paul Gough, "Ghanian inspired Afro Funk from London, with Konkoma", ABC, 28 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "KonKoma Announces Soundway Debut". Nat Geo Music . National Geographic. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.