Esther Smith – ‘Gye No Di’
Only music already born out of a cultural collision–the gospel tradition of Ghana–could produce the strange, entrancing hybrid of this Esther Smith cassette, where the sophisticated sounds of mid-80s synth-pop meld with gorgeous Ghanaian vocal acrobatics. T-Pain could take lessons from the way Smith incorporates unearthly processing into her loosely woven harmonies. Course it helps that she can really sing. [Awesome Tapes From Africa]
