Description
Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album Obaa Sima. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release in 1994, the cassette found a new life online in 2006. A not-sounderground cult obsession grew after it appeared on the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as its very first post, a sort of manifesto for the project.
His addictive amalgam of left-field electronic music and Twi-language hiplife reached surprising levels of awareness among music fans of many stripes. The mystery behind the musicians identity grew. Eventually Yaw Atta-Owusu came out of the shadows, from his quiet home in Kumasi, to tour the world playing high-energy, sweat-soaked performances at major festivals like Glastonbury, Snar and Pop Montreal.
Now, for the first time since 1994, Ata Kak releases new music. Honed in studios around Kumasi over the last several years, the songs feature the rapper- singers acrobatic rap, signature scatting, dramatic drums and even traditional Akan harp. The compositions are more ambitious than his earlier work, with more complex arrangements and layered harmonies. Ata Kaks new songs are also the natural expression of a restless artisthe is a prolific poet and author of a half-dozen books, as well as an active gardener and busy painter.
TRACKLISTING
1. Batakari (4:58)
2. DJ (3:54)
3. Medoba (4:47)
4. Osoowa (4:41)
5. Yasi Town (4:34)
6. Kae (3:27)
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