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 Studio"s analogue HQ in Berlin, is a deep and soulful journey into the heart of Ghana"s indigíenous 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 Reícords, in 2014 Ben Abarbanel-Wolff approached Kwame Yeboah, Ghana"s top contemporary instrumenítalist 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.