Osibisa
Osibisa is a music group founded in London in 1969. The three Ghanaian, three Caribbean and the Nigerian founders wanted to strengthen the African influence in modern music and closer to a wide audience, especially in Europe and North America.
History
The name Osibisa is from the Ghanaian translated by the band members free with criss cross rhythms did explode with happiness. Your connection of African and Caribbean music elements with rock, jazz, Latin and R & B paved the way of other greats like Bob Marley. From the mid- 1970s, they had established a firm position as the pioneers of world music.
Just carried out with a lot of energy playing flamboyant live concerts made Osibisa soon a broad black and white audience known. The single Music for Gong Gong was her first big hit in the British charts. The successor Singles Sunshine Day, Dance the Body Music and Coffee song all reached the top 10 The album peaked at # 11 Woyaya the former LP charts.
In the 1980s the band was at its peak. Legendary her concert in 1983 was at the independence celebration of Zimbabwe. Even on a commercial level, the band in Europe and America was a great success. But gradually, the public interest fell on the concerts and also in the management area, there were major problems. The British record companies wanted Osibisa push for the then thriving disco track, but the band successfully resisted. After several label changes, the band finally signed with Bronze Records.
The promotion of unknown African artist was a big concern of the members of Osibisa. For this reason they built the mid-1980s in Ghana own recording studio and a theater complex. Even his own record label called Flying Elephant was founded.
After the band was perceived in the late 1980s in the Western world hardly, she was there to be no longer existent. 1996 Teddy Osei formed around the band and toured with her now back in Europe and North America. The concerts were once again well attended.
Discography
DVD
Osibisa - Live ( DVD -Plus ), 2003, produced in 1983, ASIN B00005KIVG