{"id":5566,"date":"2023-06-30T20:02:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T20:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2023-06-30T20:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T20:02:44","slug":"single-review-the-world-is-here-for-you-immy-owusu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/30\/single-review-the-world-is-here-for-you-immy-owusu\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;The World Is Here For You&#8221; &#8211; Immy Owusu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_3350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_3350.jpg 729w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_3350-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_3350-59x60.jpg 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The World Is Here For You\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5aDnjZgPThp7hgOXVAaGeI?si=6KRkqJP4QXiCg2xe0TeGBg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This track grooves on nicely! It reminds me of the music that we used to play in my house growing up in so many ways &#8211; the analogue sounds including the organ, which I\u2019m going to hazard a guess at being a Vox. The synth lead gives it away that this artist is influenced by artists like CK Mann, George Darko, Osibisa Fela Kuti\u2026 the founding fathers of Afrobeat.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also slips into Twi effortlessly singing about giving someone the world, this is in the beginning of the song laying down the perfect opening &#8211; the arrangement is bang on, easy to play, the kind of thing you can rock up to a live band in Ghana teach them the progression easily and then party on. The groove is easy to dance to, and it\u2019s a catchy chorus to sing along to.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Perfect!<\/p>\n<p>Described as \u201cThe Very Definition Of Culture Clash\u201d by Don Letts on BBC Radio 6, Immy\u2019s \u2018Afrodelik\u2019 music fuses Psychedlia, Zamrock and West African Highlife.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from the Australian surf town of Torquay, Immy grew up living and learning in two worlds; the coastal rock scene and the West African culture of his Ghanaian roots.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing to explore the origins of Rhythm, Blues and Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll, in 2016 he travelled to Ghana to study under his grandfather, Koo Nimo, a highly renowned Ghanaian Folk musician. Delving into the styles of &#8216;Dagomba&#8217; and &#8216;Palm Wine Music&#8217;, he returned to Australia with an electric brand of &#8216;Afrodelik&#8217; fusion.<\/p>\n<p>His debut album \u2018LO-LIFE!\u2019, which involved members of , and The Senegambian Jazz Band is due to be released in mid 2023 via Hopestreet Recordings.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This track grooves on nicely! It reminds me of the music that we used to play in my house growing up in so many ways &#8211; the analogue sounds including the organ, which I\u2019m going to hazard a guess at being a Vox. The synth lead gives it away that this artist is influenced by &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,169,118,129,208,52,31,132,30,153,142,73,150,175,183,287,126,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrobeat","category-australia","category-bass","category-drums","category-ghana","category-guitar","category-keyboards","category-lyricist","category-music","category-percussion","category-producer","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-soul","category-synthesizers","category-track-of-the-day","category-vocals","category-world-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5568,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions\/5568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}