Edem’s ‘Mood Swings’ EP drops on July 24

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Resource: kubilive.com

2020-06-26

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Ahead of a rumored new album later this 12 months, Edem, the modern day, style-fluid rapper-singer announces a six-monitor audio-visual EP named Temper Swings.

When it does arrive, the task will be his initially collection in 5 a long time.

The perform, although it speaks to a multiplicity of themes, is, at its main, an homage to his mum, who passed when he was only 13.

For each the VRMG honcho, Mood Swings is “a total exhibit of my confidence in my understanding of art, even though disregarding the orthodox strategy of being a rapper or singer.”

On his choice of title for the work, Edem explains that it aptly illustrates the actually ever-transforming thoughts of a creator. “I was in my place, and I was entirely driving all my thoughts.” The project, he adds, revolves around family n mates, each individual song ensconced in a diverse psychic zone.

Given that Textbooks and Rhymes, the past in a trilogy of hugely-decorated albums talking to his at any time-evolving musical journey, the artist, who hails from Dzogadze, a modest town in Abor (V/R) has maintained a continuous presence amongst the country’s best-tier by commonly deploying charismatic, socially major singles. And nevertheless an album has generally appeared in the offing, it has by no means really materialized.

Mood Swings—the first of its sort in phrases of composition and scope—arrive, for that reason, as a welcome precursor to the new album following a lengthy wait.

All visuals on Mood Swings are directed by Nana Asihene of NKACC. Shot against the emotionally symbolic colours of pink, green, black, white, inexperienced, yellow, and grey, the undertaking is also smattered with 6 interviews that deliver standpoint on the music, serving as a information throughout the deeply personalized EP.

Also responding to the alias ‘Ayigbe Edem,’ the rapper has, because his career beginnings, epitomised the characteristics of innovation, flexibility, lyrical vary, and total sonic majesty.

For his attempts, he has raked in many laurels in Ghana and past the nation’s shores. He has also partnered elite global colleagues like are Sarkodie, Reekado Banking companies, Coptic, Davido, MI Abaga, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Seyi Shay, Ice Prince Zamani, Cassper Nyovest, and Sway Dasafo