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Gafacci: My Creative-timepiece Is Always Set Ahead and I Always Think About The Future.

Music producer. Disc Jockey (DJ). Songwriter. Michael “Gafacci” Gafatchi has been involved with music for the past decade. His involvement has not been a passive one: he has been in the midst of it all, bearing witness to the sonic evolutions that has swept the music scene. Gafacci has been at the centre of these changes as well. Raised in […]

Music 11 min read

Keep An Eye on WurlD, The Nigerian Pop Artist

There is a scene in “Concussion”, the Will Smith movie in which he plays, a Nigerian neurologist whose pioneering research established a link between dementia and mental health issues suffered by NFL players and the head crashing injuries they suffer during their active years. In that scene, Will Smith, or Dr. Bennet Omalu politely asked the woman who’d become his […]

Music 5 min read

‘U Hxve Nx Idxv’ Bridges Gap Between Party And Life

If there’s one thing Ghanaian creatives are excellent at, it’s their ability to covert and localize popular trends. The history of Ghanaian music is full of such examples: western big band music was incorporated into highlife music of ET Mensah in the 50s; the innovation of Ebo Taylor birthed afrobeat in the 70s. The highlife of the 80s adopted elements […]

Music 4 min read