Ayo Nelson-Homiah was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa,and raised in The Gambia. He, like many African children discovered his deeply rooted addiction to music very early,he actually started playing drums he built himself from empty tins and card board boxes. 1980 he joined the "Royal Air Force"which brought him to Berlin in 1994. In 1995 he started busking in the streets of Berlin and met lots of artist from many countries. In 1995 he was one of the founders of the AfroCarib Percussion group " Maglaria". The group performed in most of the local clubs. In 1996 Ayo was one of the founders of the African Trance Percussion group "SENEGAMBIGHA",.the group consists of 6 artists / musicians from the Countries Senegal, Gambia and Ghana.They are one of the most famous percussion groups in Northern Germany, maybe even the whole of Germany. They are also known in Berlin´s local clubs and many other German cities for getting the dance floor quickly filled, as quick as lightning flash. The musicians Mohamed Diafoune (Senegal), Ayo Nelson-Homiah (Gambia), Emmanuel Domprey (Ghana ), Gordon Odametey (Ghana), Ibrahim Alhado (Ghana), Omar Jobe (Senegal) are specialised in many different traditional instruments. The style of music played is, of course, traditional including vocals.We perform with instruments such as Djembe, Doundoumba, Kpalago, Seourouba, Talking Drum, Bougarabou, Flute, Maracas, Balafon, Water Drum and Mouth organ,to mention a few. The combination of the instruments played attracts the audience to invade the dance floor, and that is always a must In 1996 Ayo released his first solo cd titled "HeartBeat"!! ( hull buyh dorr ) which had grooves from Gambia Ghana Nigeria in it. His long awaited secound solo album is due to be out in April 2007.
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