Today, we are premiering the new video from veteran DJ / production duo The Allergies & Ghanaian afro-futurist artist K.O.G aka Kweku Of Ghana. It accompanies their riotous new multi-genre track ‘KOLIKO’ that’s a blast of afrobeat, bass, horns, house, percussion, and nods to sound system culture, littered with K.O.G’s unique delivery that switches effortlessly from swaying singalong to body popping MCing, it’s out now on Brighton label Jalapeño Records. The video filmed in Ghana is a smile inducing street party of dancing and vibrant imagery, watch it below.
For their first single of 2024, the DJ/production duo The Allergies team up with award-winning Afro futurist K.O.G aka Kweku Of Ghana. Gifting the dynamite vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with a super catchy track, bubbling with vintage Afrobeat samples, bounding bass, soaring horns, and their trademark production coat of paint.
This hook laden mix of late 60s African rhythms and upfront hip-hop swagger gives a platform for K.O.G to deliver his pin-sharp double-time rhymes, rich layered harmonies, and soaring chorus vocals, in both English and his native tongue. Lyrically, touching on what it means to be treated like a “Koliko” or “Toy”, to use the local language.
To capture his near shamanistic style of performance, K.O.G’s vocals and percussion were laid down live in The Allergies Bristol studio. With the singer recording his dazzlingly freestyled material there, in the moment.
“It was proper magic,” say The Allergies. “Watching him channeling the energy he brought to this track gave us goosebumps!”.
The Allergies – ‘Koliko’ feat. K.O.G is available via Jalapeno Recordson all digital and streaming platforms.
