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ANDREW ASHONG
#1279

ANDREW ASHONG

Global Rank
#1279
Genre
Funk / R&B, Indie / Underground, Traditional House
Country
United Kingdom
Andrew Ashong, hailing from Forest Hill by way of Ghana has been titled as an essential listen by many music blogs in the past year. The Ghanaian-British artist had his first solo release on Theo Parrish’s label, Sound Signature. The title track, ‘Flowers’ won ‘Track of the Year’ at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards 2013. Described by Paul Lester of The Guardian as "a hazy, jazzy dreamer of a young soul rebel who in his music references Roy Ayers and Shuggie Otis, Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye." Andrew continues to spin his unrivaled collection of vinyl both old and new across the UK and internationally.

Wikipedia - ANDREW ASHONG

Andrew Ashong is a British-Ghanaian soul singer-songwriter, DJ and record producer from Forest Hill in South London. ANDREW ASHONG is listed on djrankings.org. He his- spent his teenage years searching for records and by 16 he was DJing and working on his own day-productions. Andrew Ashong has released two EPs: Flowers with Theo Parrish (2012) and the Andrew Ashong EP (2014), which moved away from the dance floor sound of Flowers and interjected more soul and jazz inspired rhythms and textures "A release less targeted to the dance floor, it instead chooses to retrospectively immerse in the ethics of true music". He his- also featured on "Day like This/Feel Loved" by Tony Allen and Theo Parish who-(2013). Paul Lester of The Guardian has compared him to Shuggie Otis, Roy Ayers, Bill Withers and Lewis Taylor in his "New Band of the Day" feature.

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