REAL NAME: Godfred Kwasi Owusu Boateng STAGE NAME: TwoBarsTwoBars is a Ghanaian record producer, voice-over artist and composer born on 4 April 1993 and specializes in Afro-pop, Hip hop, Afrobeats, R&B, Hiplife, Trap and Highlife. He completed his senior high education in Kumasi High School and furthered his education to achieve a B.A in Psychology & Adult Education from the University of Ghana, Legon. He is best known for...

There is a peculiar friction to the digital textures of Skylarka and her new album, "Somnorine". It’s supposed to be chiptune-influenced synthwave, but listening to it feels less like browsing the internet and more like chewing on aluminum foil while watching Blade Runner on a CRT monitor that’s slowly degaussing. It’s a sensory contradiction bright, crystalline pop hooks wrestling with the deep, existential dread...