Jembaa Groove - Bassa Bassa

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: AR150VL
Barcode: 4260547941501
Release Date: 19 Nov 2021
Genre: African (Afrobeat)

01: Bassa Bassa
02: Bassa Bassa (Instrumental)

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. Speaking the same musical language, they quickly realized the fruitful outcome of their musical encounter and decided to spend a couple of months composing their original music. Digging deep into both their backgrounds and musical identities, they came up with an organic result both like to label as Afro-Soul. After seeking for the right companions for the upcoming journey and stumbling on a few of Berlin's finest musicians, they finally formed Jembaa Groove, a 7-piece band that combines fresh sounds from Berlin's underground music scene with traditional West-African sounds from Ghana and Mali, such as Highlife, Adowa and Wassoulou. Their aesthetic vision is inspired by soul music from the '60s and '70s and avoids overly-produced commercial arrangements while merging driving bass grooves and steady drum patterns with fresh horn lines and catchy melodies.

“killer !”
Dom Servini

“nice and easy groove”
Radio Helsinki

“great song”
Boom Shaka Laka Radio Show

“Beautiful tune going right into today's radio show”
Nickodemus

“The groove, instrumentation and vocals all vibe on MAJOR LEVELS! Props all around, this will be in heavy rotation!”
Ohmega Watts

“Amazing line up of musicians producing a wonderful and warm groove.”
Wicked Jazz Sounds

“Niiiiice!”
bamalovesoul

“fantastic !”
Radio Krimi

“Beautiful tune!”
The Graig Charles Funk & Soul Show

“Super élégant track”
Laurent Garnier