Ike Nanor, 29, had always looked forward to the day when he would release his first album and that dream was fulfiled last Sunday when his debut titled Metwere Yesu was launched at the Kama Conference Centre in Accra.
The third year student of Central University College in Accra was beside himself with joy as he thanked all those who helped make his dream a reality.
Talking to Showbiz, Ike said that he completed his album in 2003 but he did not get a producer until he met Kojo Oppong Adjei of Sunny FM in 2004.
According to Ike, Kojo loved the album from the word go. ? He was excited about my work so he produced it under his label, Kojo Production. You know my album is the first for his label too?, he added.
The album has nine songs which start with Metwere Yesu, a Twi version of the Methodist hymm Tis So Sweet.
The track which starts with a gentle beat has a unique melody that one cannot help but hum along when the song is being played. It tells the need to lean on Jesus, the Saviour.
Eternal Light is perhaps the best track on the album that one should to listen to. It is about a promise from God that He will be the sun of our day and the moon of our darkest night.
On Bohye No, Ike calls on God to direct and show him how to receive His blessing. Tumi wura is an existing local worship song given a funky beat. Here, Ike featured Lord Amofa to rap. In this song God is described as the omnipotent one in whom all power is vested.
Ike said he was discovered when he was 12 years old at the Pentecost JSS, Koforidua. ? However, my talent in music began to take shape after my secondary school education when I enrolled at the Institute of Management Studies in Kumasi I was appointed the director of the school?s choir for 1997-1998 academic year?, he said.
While at the institute, he joined the Family Choir on KNUST campus and featured on their second album I Will Wait. He was also a member of the KNUST Mass Choir.
Ike later studied music at the Vineyard School of Music in Labone, Accra under the tutelage of Rev Tom Bright-Davies who he said made a great impact in his life.
Ike Nanor is a native of Somanya in the Eastern Region and the first and only son among four children of Jacob and Vida Nanor. He attended Pope John?s Memoir Seminary in Koforidua in Eastern Region between 1993-1995.
Ike Nanor, 29, had always looked forward to the day when he would release his first album and that dream was fulfiled last Sunday when his debut titled Metwere Yesu was launched at the Kama Conference Centre in Accra.
The third year student of Central University College in Accra was beside himself with joy as he thanked all those who helped make his dream a reality.
Talking to Showbiz, Ike said that he completed his album in 2003 but he did not get a producer until he met Kojo Oppong Adjei of Sunny FM in 2004.
According to Ike, Kojo loved the album from the word go. ? He was excited about my work so he produced it under his label, Kojo Production. You know my album is the first for his label too?, he added.
The album has nine songs which start with Metwere Yesu, a Twi version of the Methodist hymm Tis So Sweet.
The track which starts with a gentle beat has a unique melody that one cannot help but hum along when the song is being played. It tells the need to lean on Jesus, the Saviour.
Eternal Light is perhaps the best track on the album that one should to listen to. It is about a promise from God that He will be the sun of our day and the moon of our darkest night.
On Bohye No, Ike calls on God to direct and show him how to receive His blessing. Tumi wura is an existing local worship song given a funky beat. Here, Ike featured Lord Amofa to rap. In this song God is described as the omnipotent one in whom all power is vested.
Ike said he was discovered when he was 12 years old at the Pentecost JSS, Koforidua. ? However, my talent in music began to take shape after my secondary school education when I enrolled at the Institute of Management Studies in Kumasi I was appointed the director of the school?s choir for 1997-1998 academic year?, he said.
While at the institute, he joined the Family Choir on KNUST campus and featured on their second album I Will Wait. He was also a member of the KNUST Mass Choir.
Ike later studied music at the Vineyard School of Music in Labone, Accra under the tutelage of Rev Tom Bright-Davies who he said made a great impact in his life.
Ike Nanor is a native of Somanya in the Eastern Region and the first and only son among four children of Jacob and Vida Nanor. He attended Pope John?s Memoir Seminary in Koforidua in Eastern Region between 1993-1995.
