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Make It Fast, Make It Slow
Artist
Rob
Label
Soundway Records
Catalogue Number
SNDWD040
Release Date
12 March 2012

Soundway re-issue ROB’s second album for the first time outside Ghana on CD, vinyl and digital.

ROB was an enigmatic recording artist from Ghana who cut two albums for the legendary Essiebons label in 1977. Neither of these were big domestic hits at the time and have since become prized amongst collectors in recent years. The title track from this LP was always one of the most popular on the first Soundway release Ghana Soundz. A stranger, slower offering than his more dancefloor funk-laden and Spartan first LP, this record sees ROB in similar territory but with the tempo switched down and the introspection turned up.

ROB’s trademark horns dominate and are supplied by the Mag-2, an army band founded by leader Amponsah Rockson, who named it after the army unit the band played for – the “magnificent” second battalion. In 1977, Rob traveled to the coastal town of Takoradi in search of Mag-2, which had an entire section of its line-up dedicated to horns, with the intension of laying out his proposal to them. Luckily for Rob, the band took him up on it.

With religious overtones and a broody, slightly off-key atmosphere, at points it’s certainly one of the stranger afro-funk records to come out of West Africa but with tracks like Loose up Yourself and Make it Fast, Make it Slow he nails it for sure.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Loose Up Yourself 3:24 Buy

    Loose Up Yourself

  2. 2 Make It Fast, Make It Slow 5:26 Buy

    Make It Fast, Make It Slow

  3. 3 Not the End 3:49 Buy

    Not the End

  4. 4 I've Got to See You Again, Lord 3:52 Buy

    I've Got to See You Again, Lord

  5. 5 He Shall Live in You 5:26 Buy

    He Shall Live in You

  6. 6 But You 3:23 Buy

    But You

  7. 7 Bargain 5:18 Buy

    Bargain

  8. 8 Back On You 2:44 Buy

    Back On You

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