Lasmid – Odo Brassband Ft. Kofi Kinaata

Lasmid brings in the incomparable Kofi Kinaata for Odo Brassband, a Ghanaian highlife and Afropop love record that blends the warmth of Fante musical tradition with a contemporary production sensibility that makes it feel fresh and celebratory in equal measure.

Odo Brassband lives up to its name with a bright, horn-inflected arrangement that carries the joyful communal energy of a brassband celebration into a modern love song context, giving the record a festive quality that makes romantic devotion feel like something worth gathering people together to announce rather than simply whispering privately. Kofi Kinaata’s contribution elevates the record considerably, delivering his characteristically warm and melodic Fante vocal style alongside Lasmid in a way that turns what could have been a straightforward love song into something that feels genuinely communal, celebratory and deeply rooted in Ghanaian musical identity.

Lasmid broke through with Friday Night and has since established himself as one of the more exciting and melodically gifted voices in the contemporary Ghanaian music scene, consistently releasing records that celebrate love and life with an authenticity and musical intelligence that sets him clearly apart from the crowded Afrobeats mainstream. Kofi Kinaata is widely regarded as one of the finest lyricists and vocalists in Ghanaian music, and his presence on any record immediately signals a commitment to quality and cultural depth that his enormous and devoted fanbase expects and receives every single time.

This record has the celebratory warmth of a love story being told at full volume with a full band behind it, the kind of song that makes joy feel like the only reasonable response to being alive and in love at the same time.

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