{"id":1971786,"date":"2025-08-21T05:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1971786"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:08:13","slug":"ata-kak-shares-first-new-music-since-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ata-kak-shares-first-new-music-since-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Ata Kak Shares First New Music Since 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-261897\">\n<div class=\"lead-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-thequietus-snippet excerpt\">The Ghanaian artist will release new album Batakari via Awesome Tapes From Africa this November<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"lead-image m-0\">\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Ghanaian highlife artist Ata Kak is to release his first new album since his 1994 record, <em>Obaa Sima<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Due out in November, <em>Batakari<\/em> features six tracks that the musician recorded in studios around his native Kumasi over the past few years. It will be released through Awesome Tapes From Africa.<\/p>\n<p><em>Obaa Sima<\/em> is Kak\u2019s sole solo full-length release to date, and was self-released to little fanfare in 1994. Only 50 copies of the album were made, of which 3 were sold. The LP came to wider attention after Awesome Tapes From Africa\u00a0founder Brian Shimkovitz came across the record via a vendor in Cape Coast, Ghana in 2002. He ultimately oversaw a reissue of the album via his label in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to <em>Batakari<\/em>\u2018s lead track, \u2018Yasi Town\u2019, below.<\/p>\n<p>Awesome Tapes From Africa will release <em>Batakari<\/em> on November 7, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3592345949\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3189371019\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/atakak.bandcamp.com\/album\/batakari\">Batakari by Ata Kak<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-cookieconsent=\"marketing\">\n\t  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t \u00a0fbq('init', '915192336834721');\n\t  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thequietus.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghanaian artist will release new album Batakari via Awesome Tapes From Africa this November Ghanaian highlife artist Ata Kak is to release his first new album since his 1994 record, Obaa Sima. 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