Electric Highlife

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000645KS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Mellow music from Ghana, May 2, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Highlife (Audio CD)

A really splendid set of mellow Ghanaian highlife music. Although these tracks were recorded in the early 1980s, they have the warm, relaxed feel of classic material from the '60s... Maybe at the time the folks at the independent Bokoor label were a little out of step with the move towards glossy Afro-pop that emanated out from Paris, but hey... more power to them! I like this stuff a lot better!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Collection for Electric Guitar Fans, May 19, 2004

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Patrick W. Schubert (Santa Ana, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Highlife (Audio CD)

If you love the beautiful, chiming, high-register electric guitar sounds of highlife and other forms of African music (such as "Twist" music from Kenya), this collection will not dissapoint. The production is primitive and at certain points you can actually hear crickets chirping in the background (cool!). However, the performances are stellar across the board with wonderful vocal harmonies, driving percussion, and, of course, those heavenly sounding electric guitars. This is authentic, un-messed-with African music that hasn't been altered to suit mainstream western tastes. Yet, it's still accessable to anyone with even a remotely open mind.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, good intro to highlife!, May 27, 2003

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electric Highlife (Audio CD)

I had only read about highlife, but had never actually heard any of it before listening to this. BOY! Is this good stuff! Delightful instrumentation, lovely harmonies, uptempo beats, and stuff that makes you want to JUMP UP! JUMP UP! While you don't have to understand the languages spoken here to enjoy this, there is a translation sheet that helps. A lot of these tunes have some very profound messages in the midst of the fun. But enough of that-just buy it and kiss your troubles goodbye for a while. JUMP UP! JUMP UP!