Sunday, May 8th, Konzeptlos@Kaschemme presents:
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana)
There are times when the world needs beautiful
music and this is certainly one of them. Few genres of music can bring a
smile to a listener‘s face more quickly
than highlife. Few highlife singers have a voice as uniquely powerful
and resonant, yet silky sweet as the ‘Golden Voice Of Africa’, Ghana’s
all-time great vocalist and “first rock star”, the legendary Pat Thomas.
Born in 1951 in Agona in the Ashanti Region, as a teenager he began to
study to play the guitar and the drums. In 1971 he moved to Accra to
join Ebo Taylor’s legendary Highlife Band ‘the Blue Monks’. Only three
years later he formed the ‘Sweet Beans’, whose core members later formed
‘Marijata’, one of the best African funk bands. Marijata backed him up
on several productions, delivering the uniquely raw & funky sounds
we like so much. 1978 he was voted as ‘Mr. Golden Voice of Africa’. In
the 80s he changed his sound into a more disco/highlife/reggae
influenced direction. He was restless, in 1990 he moved to Canada where
he began teaching at the University in addition to playing and
recording. His 1991 released album ‘Sika Ye Mogya’ won the ‘Album of the
year’ award in Ghana.
Fast forward to early 2015, Pat Thomas teamed up with the Kwashibu Area Band and released his first album in over a decade. The album was recorded in
Accra and features legends like Tony Allen, Ralph Karikari and even
Pat’s daughter Nanaaya, a celebrated vocalist in her own right.
Konzeptlos@Kaschemme is proud to present ‘the brand new studio album
Tour’ by Pat Thomas. The new album was recorded early this year in Accra
in conjunction with the Kwashibu Area Band led by Ghanaian musician /
producer Kwame Yeboah (Cat Stevens band, Patrice) and Ben Abarbanel
Wolff (Poets Of Rhythm, Ebo Taylor band).
„With this album, we
wanted to continue the tradition of the sound from the late ‘70s and
bring the roots back so we have treated some of Pat’s ‘80s songs with
new arrangements,” explains bandleader Ben Abarbanel Wolff.
So get your
tickets soon to become part of another wonderful and unique Sunday
evening jam @ Kaschemme.
Our man Mactar Kane (nouvel elan) is
serving African food all night. To round-off the evening, KOnzEpTLoS and
DJ Pun are playing crackling, dusty 60s & 70s highlife & afrobeat before and
after the concert.
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band are:
Pat Thomas( voc)
Kwame Yeboah (guitar & keys)
Philip Sindy (trumpet)
Prince Larbi (drums)
Emmanuel Ofori (bass)
Eric Owusu ( perc)
Emmanuel Opoku Ware( keys)
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (sax) (single)
http://www.strut-records.com/pat-thomas-kwashibu-area-band/
Get your tickets here (click for more info):
Kaschemme Bar/Club
Elch records
Starticket.ch
7pm doors / 9pm concert / Kaschemme Bar/Club, Lehenmattstrasse 353, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
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large size flyer here: http://www.konzeptlos.ch/patthomas.jpg
