African Footprint International Cassette

LTG 014 This record was recorded at in Cape Coast Ghana, where AFI is the hub of the music scene, and recorded by the founders of Lightning, before they had even started Lightning. For us over here at Lightning, it really embodies some part of what Lightning is supposed to be, which is part label, part umbrella for music collaboration. And this is such a special record, because AFI, a band, as well as a musical non-profit focuses on bringing people together, both in music, but in a more inspired general sense as well and Lightning certainly owes some of that inspiration to AFI and it’s founder Kweku Addison. I first met Kweku from African Footprints International in Denmark at the Roskilde festival which is kind of like a Danish Coachella but bigger, and wetter. I think perhaps the Red Hot Chili Peppers were headlining that year. Dana from Akron/Family had met some of the drummers somewhere at the festival and invited them to sit in during our set, and they showed up with 20 drummers