Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band 'Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band' Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet Physical formats feature sleeve notes

Physical formats feature sleeve notes by influential producer Charles Maurin Poty and Banning Eyre of Afropop Worldwide

the album is unique in the Ra catalogue

hip hop and electronic textures

the album draws on both underground classics and lesser known tracks including early outings by producer Julian Jonah

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band 'Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band' Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet Physical formats feature sleeve notesThe brand new studio album by one of Ghanas all time great vocalists, The Golden Voice Of Africa, Pat Thomas, in conjunction with the Kwashibu Area Band led by multi instumentalist Kwame Yeboah (Cat Stevens, Patrice) and saxophonist Ben Abarbanel Wolff (Ebo Taylor, Poets of Rhythm). Hailing from Kumasi, Thomas had lived with highlife legend King Onyina from a young age before working with Ebo Taylor in two of Ghanas great 1960s highlife big bands,