Alex Konadu’s International Band
Assaase Asa
HRF Records (Ghana) 1986
HRF 1002 (LP)
sleeve : EX(Light corner wear)
media : EX/EX(a slight dust noise)
This album was released in 1986 by Alex Konadu's International Band, led by Alex Konadu, a singer/guitarist from the Ashante region, the third largest in Ghana. The album features a lightly beaten rhythm section, dreamy sounds of electric guitars and polyphonic synthesizers with a mellow touch, and Alex Konadu's off-key vocals. All of the tracks have a great, fun atmosphere, but I highly recommend the final track, B2, Afro-Reggae. The shuffling drums, the unison of bass and guitar, and the dusty sounds of poly-synths make for a nice song.
B1: Pay Day H/L B2: Asaase Asa