Peter Somuah Group

Outer Space

After his debut album Outer Space , for which he won the Edison Awards, Somuah will launch his new album High-life in the fall of 2024. High-life is a tribute to Ghanaian highlife music. Highlife has a unique sound with a characteristic finger-picking style on the guitar, minimalistic but groovy bass lines, percussive keyboard patterns, soulful melody lines by the brass section and a lot of emphasis on rhythm. The album features legends of the highlife genre such as Pat Thomas, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Koo Nimo, and connects the older and younger generations of Ghanaian musicians.

Somuah combines highlife with jazz to create a unique 'highlife jazz' sound, with a modern twist. The album also explores social and political themes, such as the lasting effects of colonialism and criticism of political corruption. Somuah has a unique way of translating the serious messages into an album that is hard to sit still and radiates liveliness and danceability.