Several readers have suggested that I post some tracks off Miles Cleret’s Ghana Soundz compilations. I waited this long because I couldn’t find a copy of the recently-released second volume in Dakar. When I was in Canada/US/France these last few weeks I bought about 25 new albums, one of which is Ghana Soundz 2. So here we are, two days of “Afro-beat, funk and fusion in 70’s Ghana” on Benn loxo.

In 2000 Miles Cleret of Brighton, England, decided to head to Ghana to do some crate-digging for 70s soul, funk and afro-beat. Unlike Nigeria where the music was picked-up by big labels and well-distributed, Ghana’s soul/funk scene was pretty small and is for the most part unknown these days outside of West Africa. Two years and four trips later he had a pretty serious collection of vinyl as well as some good friends among the past players in the scene.

There are loads of tracks off these albums that I could post, however my favourite of the first volume is by a guy we’ve already heard on this site, Gyedu Blay Ambolley. Alas, we’ve already heard him so you’ll have to buy the album to hear Simigwado, a track that he recorded with the Steneboofs. Today we’ll go with some serious Afro-funk from ROB, a now-gospel musician who could sing’n'dance a funk storm back in the 70s.

ROB – Make It Fast Make It Slow