MAKE IT FAST, MAKE IT SLOW (VINYL)

ROB was an enigmatic recording artist from Ghana who cut two albums for the legendary Essiebons la-
bel in 1977. Neither of these were big domestic hits at the time and have since become prized amongst

collectors in recent years. The title track from this LP was always one of the most popular on the first

Soundway release Ghana Soundz and over the years we have been asked many times to re-issue the LP

in it''''s entirety. A stranger, slower offering than his more dancefloor funk-laden and Spartan first LP, this

record sees ROB in similar territory but with the tempo switched down and the introspection turned

up.

ROB''''s trademark horns dominate and are supplied by the Mag-2, an army band founded by leader

Amponsah Rockson, who named it after the army unit the band played for the 'magnificent' second

battalion. In 1977, Rob traveled to the coastal town of Takoradi in search of Mag-2, which had an entire

section of its line-up dedicated to horns, with the intension of laying out his proposal to them. Luckily

for Rob, the band took him up on it.

With religious overtones and a broody, slightly off-key atmosphere at points it''''s certainly one of the

stranger afro-funk records to come out of West Africa but with tracks like Loose up Yourself and Make

it Fast, Make it Slow he nails it for sure.