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01. KELENKYE BAND - Moving World
02. KELENKYE BAND - Dracula Dance
03. KELENKYE BAND - Brotherhood Of Man
04. KELENKYE BAND - No Man Is Born To Suffer
05. KELENKYE BAND - Groovy Love
06. KELENKYE BAND - Jungle Music
07. KELENKYE BAND - Wale Tobite
08. KELENKYE BAND - Kelenkye Beat
ARTIST
TITLE
Moving World
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
PMG 041CD PMG 041CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/27/2017

PMG present a reissue of Kelenkye Band's Moving World, originally released in 1974. "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-school 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 '70s Ghanian groove." --Peter Moore