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Aquaa + Musician in Scarborough, ON

Aquaa
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SEEKING

Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Other Percussion.

ABOUT

Kobè is a prolific Ghanaian / Bermudian multidisciplinary performer, producer and composer based in Canada. His work has earned awards in music, media, film, television, dance, theatre and community engagement.

His highly “edutaining” performances are hilariously interactive and animated - engaging audiences with true stories and self-made electric and acoustic instruments. Aquaa’s trademark genre is, “sonic jollof - the sound of jazz, reggae, rock and blues coming face to face with their ancestors.”

Kobe’s all-star, Djungle Bouti Orchestra, features roster of artists from Algeria to Zimbabwe, Trinidad to Tanzania and Congo to Canada. Members include Kwanza Msingwana, Kofi Ackah, Andrew Craig, Fethi Nadjem, Alex St Kitts, Marito Marques, Nimon Musiq, Austin Gembora, Atenna Hercules, Deanna Jade... Their “Djazz 2.1.4” album was acclaimed as “an audio decoding of African DNA” and nominated for a TIMA Independent Music Award.

Internationally presidents and pre-schoolers are left laughing, dancing and singing - as their emotions are woven into a diverse musical tapestry full of history, instruments, cultures and traditions. Everything has a story and the audience feels it all from the “Tale Master”

Screen name:
Aquaa
Member since:
Apr 08 2022
Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years playing music:
25
Gigs played:
Over 100

Influences

Osibisa, Fela Kuti, Judas Piest, Thin Lizzy, Taj Mahal, Prince, Yousou Ndour, Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, Yes

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:
Expert
Drums:
Advanced
Other Percussion:
Advanced
Background Singer:
Advanced
Other:
Advanced
DJ:
Advanced
Electronic Music:
Advanced
Rhythm Guitar:
Advanced
Lead Guitar:
Advanced
Acoustic Guitar:
Advanced
Bass Guitar:
Advanced
Keyboard:
Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Electric & acoustic guitars (self-built electrics), Fender, Godin, EVH, Yamaha other; Bass guitar (Fender, Peavey); djembes, tama, balafon (4 from Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali), Zoom FX

MUSIC

CALENDAR

Past Events

A free evening of art and music - Wednesday December 13, 6 - 8 pm co-curated by @cococollectiveto.

The Gardiner Museum presents the Canadian debut of one of the world’s most esteemed ceramic artists, Dame Magdalene Odundo (@magdaleneodundo). "A Dialogue with Objects" showcases her one-of-a-kind clay objects with award-winning Ghanaian-Bermudian multi-instrumentalist/ composer, Kobena Aquaa-Harrison's (@paapakobe) parallel symphony of emotions, filling the exhibition hall with a live performance on balafon, seperewa and guitar inspired by Odundo’s work.

Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects opens October 19. It will be the largest ever North American exhibition of her work.

Since the early 1980s, the British-Kenyan artist has pursued a singular vision centered on the refined, magisterial ceramic vessel. Made entirely by hand and finished to a smooth, lustrous sheen, these works are uniquely her own while synthesizing traditions of ceramics and other media from multiple global cultures.

More than 20 works spanning Odundo’s career, including new pieces directly from her studio, will be displayed alongside objects selected by the artist from the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection, as well as objects on loan from major Toronto museums and private collections.