Congolese instrumentals fuse with Coupé-Décalé drums and sunny Soukous rhythms.

ONIPA are releasing their debut album, We No Be Machine, this Spring via Strut.

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ONIPA is a collaboration between KOG (aka Kweku Sackey) and Tom Excell, with a live show that features KOG on vocals/balafon/percussion, Excell on guitar, Dwayne Kilvington on synthesizers/MPC, and Finn Booth on drums.

Their 19 track debut album “channels the spirit of ’80s greats like Kanda Bongo Man through their Ghana-meets-UK prism”, shares Strut.

ONIPA have also released two tracks from the album – ‘Onipa’ and ‘Makoma’.

ONIPA’s debut follows Strut’s Madagascar compilation – Alefa Madegascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984, one of our favourite releases from September.

Check out the tracklist below ahead of We No Be Machine’ Spring 2020 release.

Tracklist:

2. Mr Ali

3. Yenimno

4. Material Microdots

5. Hey No I Say

6. Digital Timeline

7. Fire

8. Makoma

9. Smoke Screen

10. Nipa Bi

11. Free up (feat. Spoek Mathambo & Syntax)

12. Safari Ya Muziki

13. Gamashie Choice

14. Sohaa Gb3k3

15. Waters of Congo

16. Onipa

17. Kukuru

18. Kon Kon Sa

19. Promised Land