Joe Mensah | tr

Born in Togo in 1971, King Mensah is an artist with a range of personal and professional experience. An actor, dancer and singer, who was immersed in the world of the arts as a young boy under the influence of his parents, today he is one of Africa's leading stars and is becoming known on the international scene. In fifteen years, his music has circled the globe, gleaning success in Europe, the United States and throughout Africa. Strength, determination and beautiful melodies filled with hope, peace and love — these are the essential qualities of the unique music of the...

E.T. Mensah, the multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and undisputed King of Highlife, who sadly died in 1996 was the artist who inspired RetroAfric's mission to re-present classic tracks by Africa's masters of popular music. The first collection, All For You, was released as a vinyl LP in 1986. Since then technology has moved on apace and the label has re-mastered the original material which is now cleaner and more splendid than ever. The album has been brought up to CD length with the addition of three previously unavailable tracks. A new catalogue number for All For You [RETRO1XCD] denotes the added value...

Mensah (full name Mensah Anderson), is a producer from Bristol, UK. Bringing to bass music what he likes to call "Future Funk" (though he is not a fan of labeling music), he's been combining his influences from Rave, Grime and Dubstep to produce anything from an upbeat purple sound to a darker, heavier bass. With one release on LoDubs Records so far, he has a release with No Hats No Hoods coming in January 2010 and multiple releases with H.E.N.C.H. expected to drop in March 2010. .

(from The Rough Guide to Highlife) "Joe Mensah, a singer from the Ghanaian coastal port of Takoradi, joined the Broadway band as a young lad. Moving to nigeria in the early 1960s, he then gained success with Chief Bill Friday's highlife band, contributing to the original version of 'Bosoe' (also spelled 'Bonsue'). He later returned to Broadway, yet another outfit that travelled abroad on Ghana public relations trips. The band evolved into Uhuru Dance Band, but in the late 1960s Joe went on a solo journey to the USA, where he studied at Julliard School of Music and became a...