Onipa release new album 'Off The Grid' via Real World Records

Afro-futurist collective Onipa shares their brilliant new album Off The Grid.

Off The Grid is the band's second full-length album, a journey that joins the origin story of dance rhythms from Africa to electronic dance music of today's clubs and festivals, connecting African folklore and storytelling to rap, jazz and hip hop. From Accra Market cassette tapes to London pirate radio stations, Ogene music to UK jazz - the twin creative forces behind Onipa — Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist) and Kweku Sackey (K.O.G. & the Zongo Brigade) - together with Finn Booth on drums and Dwayne Kilvington (a.k.a. Wonky Logic) on synths, have built a life-affirming and highly original world of sound.

It’s their first release on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records and features an impressive cast of collaborators including Moonchild Sanelly, David Walters, Dele Sosimi and Theon Cross.

‘Now it has come full circle, with dance music from the West influencing Africa. And that cyclical thing is where we are at with this album.’ - Tom Excell

‘We use some of these genres when we play out, but we like to go deeper, into more traditional sounds. If you like afrobeats, then this is where it actually comes from. It’s highlife, without the over-treated vocals. We play the roots version.’ - Kweku Sackey