Near Death Experience's single, "Shake," arrived not so much as music, but as a sudden, urgent insistence. It’s London psych-rock-soul alright, but brewed with something fiercely immediate, demanding attention like a ringing telephone in an empty room. The core quartet – Ian Whiteling guiding the trip with vocals and guitar fuzz, Joshua Van Ness laying down a heartbeat that feels both frantic and locked-in,...

Bernard Opoku Agyemang (Ratty Ghana) is considered one of the major proponents of rap music in Ghana. The IDENTITY is a multipurpose music act committed to many subjects both local and international (social commentator) and also cuts across demographies with a unique sense of humour that attracts the likeness and enjoyment of people. Subjects such as gospel, sports, road safety, global sanity etc. He is classified...