Onipa means human in Akan, the ancient language of the Ashanti people of Ghana.
It’s a message of connection through collaboration: from Ghana to London Onipa brings energy, groove, electronics, afrofuturism, dance and fire. Born out of deep collaboration between long time friends KOG and Tom Excell, first single Open My Eyes combined classic, shiny, Congolese-style soukous guitar licks with a funky afro-disco beat and KOG’s trademark vocals. This release is a first timse collaboration between London label Wormfood and Paris-based Mawimbi, who have both been pushing their own brand of homegrown afro-electronic music.