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Kelenkye Band - Moving World
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In
1974,
a
brash
young
designer
called
Augustus
Kerry
Taylor
had
an
idea.
He'd
gather
together
the
hottest
musicians
in
Ghana
and
record
an
album
of
the
heaviest
and
funkiest
sounds
coming
out
of
America.
And
this
time,
he
wouldn't
just
design
the
cover,
like
he'd
done
with
Fela
Kuti,
he'd
even
release
it
on
his
new
label,
Emporium,
as
well.
Local
Accra
legends
Joe
Wellington,
Jagger
Botchway,
Leslie
Addy,
Officer
Toro,
Oko
Ringo,
Soldier
and
Steve
answered
the
call.
They
were
christened
the
Kelenkye
Band
and
gelled
immediately.
Moving
World,
is
a
funky,
disparate
album
that
exudes
a
rare
warmth,
enthusiasm
and
togetherness.
'Moving
World'
and
'Brotherhood
of
Man'
are
hard,
grinding
funk.
'Jungle
Music'
has
a
more
soulful
groove.
There's
also
a
bit
of
reggae,
'Dracula
Dance',
and
old-skool
highlife,
'Wale
Tobite'.
Accra's
leading
DJ,
Charlie
Sam,
declared
his
mind
'well
and
truly
boggled.'
The
Kelenkye
Band
never
recorded
another
album.
Augustus
Kerry
Taylor
shut
down
Emporium
and
went
back
to
designing
album
covers.
But
in
Moving
World
they
delivered
a
perfect
moment
of
funk
alchemy
that
has
rightly
become
the
Holy
Grail
of
70's
Ghanian
groove.
-
Peter
Moore,
www.africanrevolutions.com
/
Licensed
by
the
bandleaders
and
songwriters
of
the
album,
Joe
Wellington
and
Jagger
Botchway.
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