{"id":177678,"date":"2021-01-19T08:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T06:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/onipa\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T08:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T06:26:29","slug":"onipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/onipa\/","title":{"rendered":"Onipa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Onipa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Africa Event on 2021-04-30 00:00:00<\/i><\/p>\n

Another great "DJ Lubi Presents" African music show comes into Brudenell Social Club's Community Room.
Afro-Futurist music machine\u00a0Onipa\u00a0are the brainchild of producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist\u00a0Tom Excell\u00a0(the music genius behind acclaimed Afro-jazz project\u00a0Nubiyan Twist), and charismatic Ghanaian vocalist\u00a0Kweku Sackey\u00a0(\u00a0K.O.G & the Zongo Brigade).\u00a0They are joined in the 4 piece live show by bass synth from\u00a0Dwayne Kilvington\u00a0(Steamdown\u00a0Orchestra, Wonky Logic)\u00a0and drums from\u00a0Finn Booth\u00a0(Nubiyan Twist).
Since their explosive entry in 2018,\u00a0Onipa\u00a0have played over 40 shows in 10 different countries, including\u00a0Into the Great Wide Open\u00a0(NL),\u00a0Glastonbury Festival\u00a0(UK),\u00a0Eurosonic\u00a0(NL),\u00a0Nuits Sonores\u00a0(BE),\u00a0Tribu Festival\u00a0(FR),\u00a0The Great Escape\u00a0(UK),\u00a0Fusion Festival\u00a0(DE)\u00a0 and\u00a0Africa Express\u00a0(UK), winning support from The Guardian, Clash Magazine, Radio Nova and many more media outlets.\u00a0
It's a unique fusion of African music and electronics, drawing on a wide range of influences – Ghanaian Hi Life, Congolese Soukous, Mali Blues, South African Shangaan Electro & Township Music, Nigerian afro-disco, Moroccan Gnawa – combined with ragga, dancehall, UK dance music, jazz and hip hop and\u00a0<\/strong>inspired by artists like\u00a0Oumou Sangare, Konono No.1, Kokoko, Flying Lotus, Ebo Taylor, William Onyeabor, Kiki Gyan.
After an EP and 2 singles on Wormfood\/Mawimbi,\u00a0Onipa\u00a0released their first full studio album "We No Be Machine" on\u00a0Strut Records\u00a0of London in spring 2020 to great critical acclaim.
Support on the night comes from Leeds\/Bradford highlife jazz combo\u00a0Kontiki who have steadily built up a good local following with their Highlife\u00a0meets Afro Jazz fusion where sweet sounding West African style guitars blend with a driving rhythm section topped off with firing sax solos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

at Brudenell Social Club<\/a>
\n33 Queens Road
\nLeeds, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

Add your Africa<\/em> event for free here<\/a> on MyZA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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