Atamina | Destiny

Описание: 'Destiny'
Written & Performed by Atamina
Live Session at De Kerk, Amsterdam - The Netherlands 2019.

Atamina has a new album out in 2020, digital, all Ghana production
https://atamina.bandcamp.com/album/tr...

Atamina, or actually we should say Dr. Professor Atamina, is one of the
protagonists of the new wave of Kologo Power, a music scene that hails
from Ghana's North East Region, that spread all over Ghana after King
Ayisoba's number one kologo hit song "I want to see you my father", and
is now conquering the whole world. Atamina is the smart guy, with
tongue-in-cheek social-critical lyrics, pulling away the carpet under
the feet of West Africa's new developing bourgeoisies. There is a strong
link to the Delta blues with it's story-telling but Atamina might as
well be called the Sleaford Mods of West Africa with his stripped beats
and obnoxious rants.

Atamina is part of the scene around King Ayisoba, often warming up the
audience when King Ayisoba is on tour in Ghana, and working a great job
doing so. On the This Is Kologo Power! compilation (MR 16) he featured
King Ayisoba, but on Sycophantic Friends he is mastering the job on his
own. He is one of the big stars in the Bolgatanga area and growing fast
in the big cities down south since he has no problem bringing his
message across in English. And that gives this release an extra boost
for the rest of the world. Atamina has something to say and wants people
to act. A few countries in Africa started banning plastic bags, Atamina
is forcing Ghana, and the rest of the world in it’s slipstream, to ban
plastic, since it is ruining our bodies and environment (Rubber Song).
Addressing the problem and providing the solution, joyfully obstinate
,with a wink and a nudge; that’s the kologo doctor and may the whole
world experience his treatment.

MOJO wrote: "Like his mentor, King Ayisoba,
Atamina is part of North East
Ghana’s Kologo Power scene,
but has a more stripped-down
DIY attack: intense, hypnotic
riffs on his two-string lute and
satirical lyrical rants against
the local bourgeoisie." AM

Video by Bad Vibes
Alek Riquelme
Rob Gradisen
Susy Vilchez
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Audio by Polyganger
Recorded by Daan Duurland & Moreno Hogervorst
Mixed by Daan Duurland
http://www.polyganger.com

filmed at De Kerk
http://bildungamsterdam.nl/woongemeen...

thanks to Katzwijm Studios
https://katzwijm.com