Onipa are Fine Tho
Onipa
New single Fine Tho featuring Theon Cross and Jally Kebba Susso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC00cdo2HQk
Taken from the new album ‘Off The Grid’
Released 6th October 2023 on Real World Records
UK dates throughout 2023
Skating effortlessly through afrobeats, highlife, kwaito, UK bass and late-night-party vibes - Onipa make deep-Afro grooves that bridge the gap between the London club-scene and traditions of African folklore.
New album ‘Off the Grid’ is a journey that joins the origin story of dance rhythms from Africa to electronic dance music of today's clubs and festivals, connecting African storytelling to rap, jazz and hip hop. From Accra Market cassette tapes to London pirate radio stations, Malian blues to UK jazz, the twin creative forces behind Onipa — Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist) and Kweku Sackey (K.O.G. & the Zongo Brigade) - together with Finn Booth on drums and Dwayne Kilvington (a.k.a. Wonky Logic) on synths, have built a life-affirming and highly original world of sound.
‘This record is our coming-of-age,’ says Kweku. ‘We have found a sound and a connection that allows us to talk to our audience. One of the hardest things for bands to do is have an audience that understands your sound.’
"Off The Grid" is the band’s second full-length album, and first release on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, and features an impressive cast of collaborators including Moonchild Sanelly, David Walters, Dele Sosimi and Theon Cross.
Album pre-orders: https://lnk.to/RW253
UK Tour Dates
22/10 - Musicport, Whitby
26/10 - Jazz Cafe, London
27/10 - Cornish Bank, Falmouth
28/10 - The Phoenix, Exeter
18/11 - The Brudenell, Leeds
24/11 - Lost Horizon, Bristol
25/11 - Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea
01/12 - Cobalt Studios, Newcastle
02/12 - The Brewery, Kendal
15/12 - Cowley Workers Club, Oxford
16/12 - The Goods Shed, Stroud
18/01 - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
19/01 - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
20/01 - The Junction, Cambridge
Festival Dates
01/09 - Smugglers Festival, Kent
08/09 - High Rise Festival, Cambridgeshire
21/09 - Planet Ears, Germany
