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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 14, 2023 15:21:59 GMT
Genesis Owusu, he puts the punk into the hip hop funk
He's just released Struggler, album number two, after the acclaimed debut Smiling With No Teeth
Genesis Owusu - Leaving The Light
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 14, 2023 17:09:59 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 14, 2023 18:49:02 GMT
The 25-year-old artist, born Kofi Owusu-Ansah, took his home country of Australia by storm in 2021 with the release of his debut album ‘Smiling With No Teeth’, a record that hinges on the weighty metaphor of two black dogs, one embodying depression and the other racism. Soundtracked by The Black Dog Band, a ramshackle group that could swerve from punk to funk to jazz to industrial rock, ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ was a striking statement on being an outcast, creatively and otherwise. In the two years since its release, Owusu-Ansah has been anything but: dancing on stage at Madison Square Garden with Hayley Williams and Lil Uzi Vert, sweeping Australia’s national music awards, stealing the show at Bose and NME’s C23 live showcase at Austin’s SXSW, and headlining a sold-out Sydney Opera House backed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It’s the last of those that has got him shaking his head. “I remember performing that night and being like, ‘Damn, this is so crazy. Where does it even go from here? What do I do next?’” Owusu-Ansah is adjusting to life as the main character, and it hasn’t all been easy. He barely had time to process his newfound status before the calls started coming in for album number two. Whereas ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ was a “neat story” told at one go – “I could tell you which day we started and how long we jammed for” – the creation of ‘Struggler’ was a scramble for time between press and tour commitments. Rest here: www.nme.com/features/the-cover/the-cover-genesis-owusu-interview-struggler-3481566 |
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