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Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves

by Jembaa Groove

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited Edition - just available here in our shop and on tour
    no repress | limited to 300 copies

    Includes digital pre-order of Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around April 5, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      €24 EUR

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes digital pre-order of Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around April 5, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      €20 EUR

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    shop the debut album "Susuma" and the new "Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves" (gatefold, transparent vinyl) for a special price

    Includes digital pre-order of Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around April 5, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      €36 EUR

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    shop the debut album "Susuma" and the new "Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves" for a special price

    Includes digital pre-order of Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around April 5, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      €32 EUR

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes digital pre-order of Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around April 5, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      €12 EUR

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Purchasable with gift card
    releases April 5, 2024

      €10 EUR

     

  • this is a link to various other shops

1.
Dabia 04:54
2.
Agya feat. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
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Makoma 03:37
Sung in Twi
4.
Sweet My Ear feat. K.O.G
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Ewiase
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Namo
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Asem Ben
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JEMBAA GROOVE "Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves"
LP | CD | digital

Jamie Cullum (UK) on BBC Radio 2 ("A great mix of Highlife and Jazz….fantastic!!“)

Gilles Peterson (UK) on BBC6 Music („Everyone is playing them“)

Joe Kay (US) on Soulection (Love their music so much!)

Francis Gay (D) former Head of WDR Cosmo („Most exciting band to come out of Germany for years…“)

Rich in ancestral flows, between Ghana and Europe, powered by deep, conga led rhythms and seductive warm horn riffs come Jembaa Groove, whose new album and newly rendered sound, reminds us that jazz, in its contemporary, soulful form is not just a London ‘ting’. Highlife is Ghana’s colourful national tradition and is at the heart of Berlin based Jembaa Groove’s groove. And this newly crafted follow up to their debut album Susuma from 2022, goes even further in provoking new perceptions of jazz and soul music helped by young and senior blood from Ghana and its diaspora. Vocal masterclasses come via Sheffield (UK) based K.O.G and original veteran of the 70s and 80s highlife scene Gyedu Blay Ambolley with Ghanian multi-instrumentalist and producer Kwame Yeboah (Kwashibu Area Band) also providing inspiration.

credits

releases April 5, 2024

produced by Yannick Nolting. written by Jembaa Groove. mixed by Fabio Buemi at Funkhaus Berlin. mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering.

recorded at JRS Studios & Red Bull Studios / Berlin and Kwashibu Music Studios / Accra.

Illustration and layout by Tim Paschedag

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Jembaa Groove Berlin, Germany

Fresh Afro-Soul Music – Ghana’s Highlife going by the heartbeat of 70s Soul Music

Jembaa Groove is a multicultural band founded in late 2020 by bass player and composer Yannick Nolting and singer-percussionist Eric Owusu. This 7-piece liveband combines fresh sounds from Berlin’s underground music scene with traditional West-African sounds from Ghana and Mali. ... more

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