EKOWALABI

BORN IN GHANA WEST AFRICA,THRU THE GHETTO LIFE GROWING UP HARD BUT THROUGH THE POWERS OF THE MOST HIGH STILL ALIVE AND PLAYING MUSIK WHICH I STARTED FROM THE DAY I WAS BORN N FEEL THE SUNLIFE:STARTED PLAYING PERCUSSION IN THE ALADURA CHURCH IN TAKORADI AT THE AGE 4 AND WAS DANCING AT HOME TO THE MUSIC PLAYED ON RADIO, AT PRIMARY SCHOOL STARDTED BEATING ON THE DESK MAKING BEATS N SINGING FOR MY CLASSMATES,WAS ALSO PLAYING IN THE SCHOOL MARCHING BAND,IT WENT ON N ON THRU THE SEVENTIES WHEN LIVE MUSIC WAS GETTING INTO THE POP BANDS STYLE IN GHANA THE SIXTIES BIG BAND N GUITAR BAND WAS STILL ON HEAVY BUT THE JAMES BROWN,BEATLES,JIMI HENDRIX,N ALL THE SONGS WE LISTEN IN MY TEENAGE TIMES BUT I STILL LOVED THE HIGHLIFE N ALL GOOD AFRICAN MUSIC,AT AGE 17 I WAS EMPLOYED AS PERCUSSIONIST IN THE PAT THOMAS N D SWEET BEANS BAND OF THE COCOA MARKETING BOARD.DURING THAT TIME THERE WAS THE "DO YOUR OWN THING GOING ON,WITH BANDS LIKE HEDZOLE SOUNDZ, N MORE PLAYING FUSION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC WITH ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS,BEFORE THIS TIME WE ALL LOVED FELA AND AFRICA70'S DOING THE GREAT AFRO BEAT MUSIC SO WE YOUNG AFRICAN POINEERS IN MUSIC WERE AIMING AT THE LEVEL THAT ONE DAY I WILL ALSO PLAY MY MUSIC LIKE THOSE BROTHERS!!!IN THE LATE 70'S I HAD CHANCE TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PERSIST MY CARRIERTHE JOURNEY TOOK ME TO BERLIN WHERE AFRICA WAS DIVIDED,I FELT IT WAS DUTY CALLING,STARTED IN AN AFRICAN BAND CALL "HYPERTENTION" AS A PERCUSSIONIST N SINGER AFTER A WHILE THE DRUMMER LEFT N I HAD TO GET ON THE DRUMS IT WAS 1980,WE WERE PLAYING COVERS SOUL,REGGAE,FUNK,N AFRICAN MUSIC AFTER A YEAR MUSIC YOUTH DAYS FRIENDS OF MINE CAME IN BERLIN TOO N WE TEAM UP TO FORM THE ""ROOTS ANABO BAND""WHICH WE CREATED THE SUNLIFE MUSIC FULL OF ENERGY WITH THIS BAND I TRAVELLED WORLD WIDE N PLAYED AT REGGAE SUNSPLASH 1984 A HISTORICAL TIMES IN MY LIFE N CARRIER,IN THE 90'S I JOINED VITAMIN'X BAND ALSO FROM GHANA N BASED GERMANY,1994 I ALSO TEAMED UP WITH THE BAND "REALITY BROTHERS MADE UP OF AFRICAN,AMERICAN,FRENCH,SPANISH AND A SISTER SINGER FROM HOLLAND WE WERE ALL LIVING IN BERLIN N WE DID HIP HOP,REGGAE N DANCE GROOVY MUSIC WE HAD AN MTV N VIVA N A MAJOR DEAL FOR A RECORD AND SOME TOURS N PLAYED MANY FESTIVALS,DURING THIS I MET MY NOW PRODUCER TOM LEE FROM CHICAGO WHO WAS THE LEADER WE TEAM UP N FINISHED MY FIRST SOLO ALBUM "RETURN 2 ZION" 1998 N RELEASED 2001 IT WAS ALSO RELEASED IN GHANA SAME YEAR,AFTER I HAVE BEING PLAYING IN PROJECTS N IN 2003 I RECORDED WITH THE FINNISH GREAT MUSICIAN"""JIMI TENOR""THE ALBUM "BEYOND STAR" ON DRUMS AND WENT ON AN EUROPEAN TOUR 2004 N SAME YEAR RECORDED SECOND ALBUM WHICH IS COMING OUT APRIL 2007 JOY STONE"!!!AT THE MOMENT I AM IN THE FINISHING OF MY SECOND ALBUM CALL""GOING FOR GOLD""THE MUSIC STYLE CALL PAN AFRICAN POP, I AM A RHYTHMICIAN N I LOVE TO RHYME!!!singers N players of instrument must say something N WILL BE LOVED SAY'S BOB MARLEY!!! ONE GOD ONE AIM ONE BLOOD ONE DESTINY WE WILL ALL GO SOMEWHERE NO ONE KNOWS.....RHYTHM 4 LIFE!!!! "PAMOJA" 4 EVER....NYAME NHYRA YEN NYINAAAAA!!!!!! ekowXperience.....to be continueeee