Anka Foh - Bara by Shika Shika published on 2021-01-21T14:04:26Z ANKA FOH - KOUNADY EP out on JAN 28, 2021 Anka Foh is made up of multi-talented Malian singer/composer/songwriter and producer Dasmy Djo and French electronic music producer/DJ/composer and Curuba label head Ditti. The duo met at a series of culture mashing jam sessions between musicians from all over the world in Paris’ underground bars. The two artists clicked and came together to work on some of Dasmy’s compositions - within a few months they formed Anka Foh. Shika Shika is excited to share their first EP, Kounady, four tracks of much needed upbeat, joyful, soul music that finds a magical sweet spot between Dasmy’s original compositions, inspired by Mandingue traditional music, and Ditti’s jubilant electronica. Though the fours compositions are rooted in the West African mandingue tradition, they are taken into a whole new context. Dasmy’s vocals and instrumental lines sit alongside swirling, airy melodies, swaggering beats and Ditti’s trademark bleeps and psychedelic, dreamy synths - the recipe for an explosion of delicious flavours and colours. This is summed up on opener Bara or the driving electro-blues track Tâtâ, a song about giving thanks to those that helped and supported us in our lives. The EP ends with the fittingly beautiful lullaby Kounady (a mandingue word that roughly translates as luck) about how we have to look after ourselves and avoid negativity. On this celebration of borderless music, Anka Foh have created an uplifting and refreshing debut. Music that somehow combines the dancefloor, douceur (sweetness) and melancholy but, most of all, a big dose of fun. Original idea by Dasmy Djo Composition, arrangement and production: Dasmy Djo & Ditti. Artwork: Clau Smith Mix/master: Soda Sound SHIKA SHIKA 2021 Genre World Comment by analog guy in a digital world 🦚 2022-03-09T20:34:58Z Comment by raaiss blaan ❣️🙌❣️ 2021-10-11T13:34:22Z Comment by John P Brady Yes all the way from me x 2021-03-23T04:43:17Z Comment by Global Odyssey KYRS Great track! Played on Global Odyssey 2/12/21. Listen Fridays @ KYRS.org 2021-03-10T23:51:32Z Comment by C. R. H ❤️ 2021-03-09T17:35:19Z Comment by KELA coool 2021-01-30T14:56:59Z Comment by Prinze <3 2021-01-29T22:17:55Z Comment by Kaöb yess! 2021-01-29T17:22:13Z Comment by AⓋM Soooo nice 2021-01-28T10:50:08Z