The modern-day leaders of Ghanaian highlife music are back! Strut is proud to announce Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band\’s sophomore release Obiaa!, released on 4th October 2019. The album, produced again by Kwame Yeboah and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff at Lovelite Studios analogue HQ in Berlin, is a deep and soulful journey into the heart of Ghana\’s indigenous highlife music celebrating the timeless and iconic voice of Pat Thomas, the 72 year-old Golden Voice of Africa. After producing Ebo Taylor\’s seminal albums Love and Death and Appia Kwa Bridge for Strut Records, in 2014 Ben Abarbanel-Wolff approached Kwame Yeboah, Ghana\’s top contemporary instrumentalist and bandleader, to work on a new project: We initially wanted to invite Pat back into the studio with Ebo Taylor and Tony Allen to recreate and expand on some of the vibes they had recorded together during a lost session in 1977, Ben explains. Recorded in Accra, the result was the critically acclaimed self-titled debut album Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band in 2015. Obiaa! by Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band