- “Life has never been easy, so keep moving” is the opening line of Making Moves, the title song of SANTROFI‘s new album.
After five solid years on the road, SANTROFI is now ready to release some fresh material co-produced and mixed by four-time Grammy Award winner Jerry Boys.
Making moves is both a celebration of SANTROFI’s roots and a leap into the future of Highlife.
The opening track, Amina, is a Ghanaian childhood game turned Highlife Funk. It draws from the past, pushing it into the future.
The title song Making Moves sees Santrofi team up with the current booming Afrobeat scene in Ghana. It features Ghana’s newcomers Kofi Jamar and Arathejay.
The song talks about trying to survive on the sometimes crazy streets of Accra without losing your mind.
Su Nkwa sees Santrofi celebrating their love for typical Sikji Highlife music. And the nostalgic No Money, No Honey sums up yet another common truth from the streets of Accra.
From the opening Highlife funk of Amina to the Ghanaian childhood game-turned-boogie-banger Gyae me haw, this record will get you dancing.
Led by producer-bassist Kojo Ofori, SANTROFI unites 8 of Accra’s most gifted musicians with a passion for both vintage highlife grooves and a hip-hop sensibility.
Members of the band have played with leading Ghanaian artists including Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Ambolley, AK Yeboah, and highlife pioneer AB Crentsil, with whom they recorded just before he passed away.
SANTROFI have shared stage and studio with rising stars of Ghana’s vibrant urban music scene, such as Kidi, Yaw Tog, Black Sherif, AratheJay, and even Nigerian superstar Wizkid (who has made Accra his second home).
The upcoming album sees the band teaming up with some of the most exciting talents in Ghana, such as AratheJay and Kofi Jamar.
If you think it is impossible to play a funk groove (or even drill) over a pulsing Highlife clave, SANTROFI will prove you wrong.
