Eboni Rides 'Money & Fame'

Kwaisey Pee When Number One Records say that they are managing a new album just released which will be a trailblazer on the Ghanaian music scene, they have to be believed.

They are the same company who in November last year pulled off what has been perhaps the biggest and most enjoyable vaierty show package ever to visit the shores of this country.

That was when Metro TV and the No. 1 Records brought together pat Thomas, Ben Brako, Kwaisey Pee, KSM, Von Cujovi, and Slim Busterr on one bill.

The same event saw the winner of the Big Brother Africa competition, Cherise and her housemates Sammy, Gaetano, Mwisho, Abby and Bayo making an appearance on an evening that was total entertainment.

November is here once again and with it comes an entirely different variety product which if well harness, could be a big boost for all the other non-traditional types of music that are made in Ghana.

It is called the Eboni Project and it is basically a band; an Afro pop band, which performs, records and promotes music that is meant to cross over among countries in Africa and perhaps beyond.

The band has at its core, keyboardist and producer Eric Antonio, fine singer Ashitey de Love and songwriter and conceptualiser Talal Fattal.

According to Talal, the three-legged concept of Eboni is flexible and besides the core band will also involve featuring a variety of guest artistes who would come and go at any given time.

Again, star personalities from the African continent will be sought to feature in the music videos that will accompany the releases.

The first release of the Eboni Project is an eleven song CD album tilted 'Money and Fame' whose cassettes version is expected in early December.

The songs arranged as an Afro side and pop side span a wide range of musical type and tastes, so wide that it is the listener who keeps an open mind to music who will enjoy it the most.

The ranger is demonstrated in a number of ways. The opening song, 'Forgive and Forget', for example, is a re-do of an original Talal Fattal song this rendered in Twi by Kwaisey Pee in typical reggae.

'Money and Fame' is particularly curious as the song is intentionally stripped of full instrumentation except for a lonely acoustic guitar. The raw nature of the songs brings into relief its belief melody and through that, the message it carries.

So with such a variety of music types, the Eboni Project may not have too much difficulty crossing over to claim a place among the non-typical genres of music from Ghana.

Kwaisey Pee When Number One Records say that they are managing a new album just released which will be a trailblazer on the Ghanaian music scene, they have to be believed.

They are the same company who in November last year pulled off what has been perhaps the biggest and most enjoyable vaierty show package ever to visit the shores of this country.

That was when Metro TV and the No. 1 Records brought together pat Thomas, Ben Brako, Kwaisey Pee, KSM, Von Cujovi, and Slim Busterr on one bill.

The same event saw the winner of the Big Brother Africa competition, Cherise and her housemates Sammy, Gaetano, Mwisho, Abby and Bayo making an appearance on an evening that was total entertainment.

November is here once again and with it comes an entirely different variety product which if well harness, could be a big boost for all the other non-traditional types of music that are made in Ghana.

It is called the Eboni Project and it is basically a band; an Afro pop band, which performs, records and promotes music that is meant to cross over among countries in Africa and perhaps beyond.

The band has at its core, keyboardist and producer Eric Antonio, fine singer Ashitey de Love and songwriter and conceptualiser Talal Fattal.

According to Talal, the three-legged concept of Eboni is flexible and besides the core band will also involve featuring a variety of guest artistes who would come and go at any given time.

Again, star personalities from the African continent will be sought to feature in the music videos that will accompany the releases.

The first release of the Eboni Project is an eleven song CD album tilted 'Money and Fame' whose cassettes version is expected in early December.

The songs arranged as an Afro side and pop side span a wide range of musical type and tastes, so wide that it is the listener who keeps an open mind to music who will enjoy it the most.

The ranger is demonstrated in a number of ways. The opening song, 'Forgive and Forget', for example, is a re-do of an original Talal Fattal song this rendered in Twi by Kwaisey Pee in typical reggae.

'Money and Fame' is particularly curious as the song is intentionally stripped of full instrumentation except for a lonely acoustic guitar. The raw nature of the songs brings into relief its belief melody and through that, the message it carries.

So with such a variety of music types, the Eboni Project may not have too much difficulty crossing over to claim a place among the non-typical genres of music from Ghana.