KonKoma

KonKoma are a London-based Afro-funk band signed to Soundway Records. The band fuse Afro-funk and Afrobeat with the influences of American blaxploitation-era soul and 1960s psychedelia.

Members
KonKoma features among its members two highly esteemed Ghanaian musicians - Alfred "Kari" Bannerman and Emmanuel Rentzos - who have shared the stage with artists including Peter Green (founding member of Fleetwood Mac) and Hugh Masekela as well as both having been long-standing members of the Afro-rock group Osibisa.

List of members

 * Emmanuel Rentzos (vocals, keyboards)
 * Reginald "JoJo" Yates (vocals, mbira, sepriwa, percussion)
 * Alfred "Kari" Bannerman (guitar, vocals)
 * Nii Tagoe (vocals, percussion)
 * Jose Joyette (drums)
 * Derrick McIntyre (bass guitar)
 * Scott Baylis (trumpet)
 * Max Grunhard (alto & baritone saxophone)
 * Ben Hadwen (baritone saxophone, flute)

Releases
KonKoma's self-titled debut LP was produced by Max Grunhard and Benedic Lamdin (Nostalgia 77) and recorded and mixed by Mike Pelanconi (aka Prince Fatty) in Brighton.