A New Planet Is Born
OY
| Available Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download Single (MP3) | 1 track | £0.79 | |
| Download Single (FLAC) | 1 track | £0.79 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.79 | ||
Description
OY - A New Planet Is Born
A New Planet Is Born is the first excerpt from Space Diaspora, the forthcoming new album by OY (out in September 2016).
A highly original and creative duet based in Berlin, OY consists of Ghanaian-Swiss vocalist & musician Joy Frempong and producer/drummer Lleluja-Ha.
Their previous album, "a thoughtful and elegant synthesis of electronica, hip hop and pop (MOJO, UK), drew some of its substance from sounds and proverbs gathered by the band during a trip to Africa, transmuted to create "eccentic, nomadic and colour saturated music" (les Inrockuptibles, FR).
This time, OY resorted to space travel: they were accidentally projected into the future, on a planet named Space Diaspora, inhabited and terraformed by former earthlings. Over there, OY discovered strange customs and lifestyles, interesting political processes, artistic practices and unheard-of sounds, which inspired them to write this new album.
This fable in the shape of a zany voyage (somewhere between Georges Méliès and Jonathan Swift?) is a framework which enables OY to make use of their multiple talents and create a playful, inspired and imaginative opus, bursting with lovely melodies carried by Joy Frempong's formidable voice and its "fiery flow, full of soul and humor" (Télérama, FR)
A highly original and creative duet based in Berlin, OY consists of Ghanaian-Swiss vocalist & musician Joy Frempong and producer/drummer Lleluja-Ha.
Their previous album, "a thoughtful and elegant synthesis of electronica, hip hop and pop (MOJO, UK), drew some of its substance from sounds and proverbs gathered by the band during a trip to Africa, transmuted to create "eccentic, nomadic and colour saturated music" (les Inrockuptibles, FR).
This time, OY resorted to space travel: they were accidentally projected into the future, on a planet named Space Diaspora, inhabited and terraformed by former earthlings. Over there, OY discovered strange customs and lifestyles, interesting political processes, artistic practices and unheard-of sounds, which inspired them to write this new album.
This fable in the shape of a zany voyage (somewhere between Georges Méliès and Jonathan Swift?) is a framework which enables OY to make use of their multiple talents and create a playful, inspired and imaginative opus, bursting with lovely melodies carried by Joy Frempong's formidable voice and its "fiery flow, full of soul and humor" (Télérama, FR)