Sky C: Crazy for highlife

Despite Azonto and hiphop being the top craze among young artistes in the music business here at the moment, up-and- coming duo, Sky C still have a passion to project highlife.

Filled with the zeal to contribute to the already stiff competition on the highlife front,  Angel Teye Kingsman and Isaac Manu who make up Sky C want to  push that style of music which they described as “indigenous and cultural tunes,” to the  Ghanaian market.

With the release of three highlife tracks titled  Sweet Pain, All For You and Odo Fofro, the duo is set to make themselves relevant on the music scene.

Produced by Shoto Blinks of Blinks Entertainment Studio  in Tema, the three tracks all tackle the theme of love.

Sweet Pain talks about the rollercoaster of emotions that lovers go through. Total surrender in love is what All For You depicts and Odo Fofro narrates how sweet love could be in the initial stages.

Angel was a solo artiste who released an album called Agoo  two years ago. It didn’t do well due to lack of funds for  airplay and publicity.

Before his stint in the secular vein, Angel was a minister of the gospel and member of Christ’s Family, a music evangelism  group.

He told Showbiz that he has been chastised by some colleagues who knew him for his strong Christian beliefs. He is, however, not bothered by the criticism because he believes he has done nothing wrong by pursuing his passion.

“Love is the greatest commandment in the Bible. So if I talk about love in my music, it is still gospel. I see no reason why people should accuse me of backsliding. This is what I want to do and I think  people should appreciate me for what I am and want to do,” Angel said.

On his part, Isaac Manu said that as a son of a pastor, he didn’t get the support of his family from the beginning  “but they have come to accept that this is what I want to do.”.

For now, the duo is in the studio working towards the release of their debut album Sweet Pain. It is scheduled for release before the end of the year.

“The competition in the music business is very tough  so you need more than just good music to survive. A strong branding  helps to make you relevant and we hope our astute portrayal of African culture would set us apart from the rest,” Angel and Isaac said with optimism.

By Gifty Owusu-Amoah / Graphic Showbiz/ Ghana