Nana adJa

Mantsoe ke Zachary Weg

The art-pop of Dutch-Ghanaian musician, Nana adJa, ke bakeng sa barekisi bohle ba barolli le bahlaseli ba letsatsi le thata. Joalo ka albamo ea hae e hlorisoang, Likotlo tse kholo tsa litoro, lipontšo, the late-twenties multi-instrumentalist and singer has an almost telepathic sense of what makes humans love, long, and tick. Through florid lyrics that cut to the core and wonderfully unpredictable instrumentation, Adjoa does no less than paint the beating heart in all its precious messiness.

Raised in the Netherlands where, as she says by phone, she and her friends "made noise" in different bands during her teen years, the artist went on to the esteemed Conservatorium van Amsterdam jazz program but felt somewhat bound by its strictures. Later, she entered the country's biggest pop competition and consequently made it to the finals and got a manager. The initial musical offering of Adjoa's was, Ebe, her two-part EP, Down at the Root, halofo ea pele ea eona e lokollotsoe ho 2017 le ea bobeli ho 2018. Leha e se sebini se koetlisitsoeng ka mokhoa, Hang-hang o ile a sebetsana le momameli ka lentsoe la hae a ratoang ka lipina tse kang naha ea naha "Carmen" le ho soma "Karolo ea eona," e hopotsang bo-rakhoebo ba ntseng ba hopola thabo ea ho hlasimoloha ha lipalesa tsa Deradearian (2015). Haholo, Ho na le lerako la molumo ho tse peli motso le EP e latelang, Pale e tloaetse (2018) seo adjoa hantle ka meokho, e oela ka eona ka lebotho la liropa tse halikiloeng, Siskstso tsa Quickks, le linaka tse phahameng. Leeto la ho etsa "put" ea hae e ne e le, ntle le pelaelo, Lekunutu le lebelletsoe ka tjantjello.

Likotlo tse kholo tsa litoro e etsa joalo, haele hantle, phatlalatsa ho fihla ha e 'ngoe ea tse theko e tlase haholo empa e itšilafatse, Li-paints tse monate tse hlakileng 'mino oa mehleng ea mehleng. Albamo e tlasa metsotso e mashome a mane, Empa Adjoa o na le ho hongata ho bua mona. Ho bua ka tšimoloho ea albamo, o re, "Ke ne ke le La mme ke le mong oa ho etsa hore ke ikutloe ke le motho e monyane lefatšeng le leholo. Hape, Ha ke ne ke le studio, Ke ile ka bokella litšoantšo tse ngata le litšoantšo tsena kaofela e ne e le motho e mong ea monyane sebakeng se seholo haholo kapa batho ba bangata ba manyane joalo ka lipapali tsa Liolimpiki, Litšoantšo tsa batho ba lekang ho fihlela ho hong. " Sengoli se lipina se etsa semelo se sa buuoeng se sa nepahalang le se seng molaong e le boitsebahatso, ho ratana, le Takatso. "U tseba Morena oa hau le hore na o emetse joang,/U tseba hore bofetoheli bona ba hau bo ke ke ba tsofala kapa bo hanyetsoa," Adjoa o bina ho opere e makatsang ea guitar, "Pina ea Sechaba," Mme, Ka mokhoa ona o monate feela, O amana le nalane ea Barekisi ba sithabetseng ho potoloha le lefatše, Ho theosa le mashome a lilemo.

"Ke nahana hore lihlooho tsena li bile teng kelellong ea motho e mong le e mong," O iponahatsa. "Molemong oa ka, Ho ba limelo tse peli, Ntate o tsoa Ghana, mme wa ka from Netherlands, Kamehla ke ne ke rata limelo tsa batsoali ba ka e le hore ke utloisise hore na ke mang." Likokoanyana tse kholo li ka utluoa e le ADJA hore a iponyehe rekoteng. Ha a le tseleng joalo ka ha ho soetseha "Ha ho na kamore," O labalabela ho "Nahana ka tsela ea ka ho tloha bophelong bona ba cubicle," ho e 'ngoe e kang anthemic "O matlahali," o ikemiselitse ho ba ea "a e ntša bohle" 'me u be moralo o mabifi oa hae. Ho pholletsa le albamo, Mohlabani oa moea oa moea ho Wilco's Bomshell Yankee Hotel foxtrot (2002) ka bonolo bo nyelisang bo sa sebetseng ka morero, ADJA ha e re e na le likarabo tsohle. Sebakeng seo, o metsa bamameli ka lipotso tsa bohlokoa: u mang? U emela eng? U lumela eng ho?
Joalokaha katara ea motlakase e pharalletseng ka tlasa leholimo la ho tsosa likhoele tse kholo ho tse kholo tse lora haufi, "Ke batla ho fetoha," Adjoa ho bina "serurubele ka mokotleng" Mme "Tsoho e Tebileng." Sena ke seo sebini se se filoeng: Tokoloho, mofuthu, moea - monyetla oa ho fofa.