Theophilus Nii Arday, better known as Epixode, a Ghanaian-born Reggae/Dancehall and Afrobeats crooner, has proposed a viable remedy for the international marketing of Ghanaian music.
The singer of “Atia” claimed in a recent interview on Joy Prime’s “Prime Morning” that international bands occasionally sample a few Ghanaian songs but get away with it because Ghana hasn’t kept a proper database of songs since the beginning of time.
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“They sample our songs every time. Like recently I heard a chronic on a Rock Stone’s rhythm, and I was like, Really? But we don’t have room to keep these catalogs to also help the next generation know that this is what makes our sound… well, we’re getting there if we document it well,” he said.
Even though he is a dancehall act, Episode chose to explore highlife because, in his opinion, the highlife sound is the best sound for the nation in the future. Their highlife rendition of “Atia” with Kwabena Kwabena earned him a nomination in the 24th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Award for highlife song of the year.
“I look at the longevity of my craft and who I want to be, and I’ve come to the realization that it will get to a time when highlife will rule. It’s the sound of the future.
“So if some melodies can’t go into reggae or dancehall, even if you watched the international market in Jamaica, they’re not doing straight dancehall; they’re even now tapping into the afro sound. We that we have it here, why don’t we do it more?” he added.
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