Sycophantic Friends, by Atamina

Sycophantic Friends

by Atamina

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1.	Sycophantic Friends 04:40	buy track
2.	Enjoy Yourself 04:29	buy track
3.	When Two Elephants Fight 05:29	buy track
4.	No One Wants To Die 05:43	buy track
5.	Rubber Song 03:37	buy track
6.	Guhumenga 04:44	buy track
7.	Bakolko 03:50	buy track
8.	Yine Nbise Mam 04:36	buy track
9.	Tizigra Seem N Tayange 04:52	buy track

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Atamina, or actually we should say Dr. Professor Atamina, is one of the protagonists of the new wave of Kologo Power, a music scene that hails from Ghana's North East Region, that spread all over Ghana after King Ayisoba's number one kologo hit song "I want to see you my father", and is now conquering the whole world. Atamina is the smart guy, with tongue-in-cheek social-critical lyrics, pulling away the carpet under the feet of West Africa's new developing bourgeoisies. There is a strong link to the Delta blues with it's story-telling but Atamina might as well be called the Sleaford Mods of West Africa with his stripped beats and obnoxious rants.

Listen to the song "When two elephants fight"; Atamina is moving from one leg to the other, playing circles around his listeners, and the djembe drum is following in perfect tred. It makes Atamina sound like he is dancing with an elephant that took footwork lessons from Mohammed Ali. Then listen to "No one wants to die", a song that pulls you inside with it's hypnotic rhythm and riff and then boxes you on the ears with it's message. This is Atamina at whole-length; the doctor is coming to treat you, but he sure isn't a gentle healer.

Atamina is part of the scene around King Ayisoba, often warming up the audience when King Ayisoba is on tour in Ghana, and working a great job doing so. On the This Is Kologo Power! compilation (MR 16) he featured King Ayisoba, but on Sycophantic Friends he is mastering the job on his own. He is one of the big stars in the Bolgatanga area and growing fast in the big cities down south since he has no problem bringing his message across in English. And that gives this release an extra boost for the rest of the world. Atamina has something to say and wants people to act. A few countries in Africa started banning plastic bags, Atamina is forcing Ghana, and the rest of the world in it’s slipstream, to ban plastic, since it is ruining our bodies and environment (Rubber Song). Addressing the problem and providing the solution, joyfully obstinate ,with a wink and a nudge; that’s the kologo doctor and may the whole world experience his treatment.

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released November 13, 2017

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atamina Accra, Ghana

MOJO wrote: "Like his mentor, King Ayisoba,
Atamina is part of North East
Ghana’s Kologo Power scene,
but has a more stripped-down
DIY attack: intense, hypnotic
riffs on his two-string lute and
satirical lyrical rants against
the local bourgeoisie." AM ... more

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