Recorded by Eugene Wasserman at Ray Smith's Studio
Mixed by Martin Bisi at BC Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Thanks to Ray Smith and the whole Smith Family, whose generosity made this album possible.

All songs ℗ Dinner 2014

Mix for Anal House Meltdown at the Glove That Fits in Hackney on the 30th of March 2024

Anal House Meltdown

True Love On The Side

Ata Kak's first new song in over 30 years!

Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release in 1994, the cassette found a new life online in 2006. A not-so-underground cult obsession grew after it appeared on  the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as its very first post, a sort of manifesto for the project. His addictive amalgam of left-field electronic music and Twi-language hiplife reached surprising levels of awareness among music fans of many stripes. The mystery behind the musician’s identity grew. Eventually Yaw Atta-Owusu came out of the shadows, from his quiet home in Kumasi, to tour the world playing high-energy, sweat-soaked performances at major festivals like Glastonbury, Sónar and Pop Montreal. 

Now, for the first time since 1994, Ata Kak releases new music. Honed in studios around Kumasi over the last several years, the songs feature the rapper-singer’s acrobatic rap, signature scatting, dramatic drums and even traditional Akan harp. The compositions are more ambitious than his earlier work, with more complex arrangements and layered harmonies. Ata Kak’s new songs are also the natural expression of a restless artist—he is a prolific poet and author of a half-dozen books, as well as an active gardener and busy painter. 

Born in Ghana in 1960, Ata Kak wasn’t always involved in music. But his travels and openness to the world lead him into the music industry. While living in Germany, he was invited to play drums in a reggae band and subsequently played in highlife bands in Ontario after moving to the Toronto area. He recorded “Obaa Sima” there at his home studio and released it in Ghana in 1994. He didn’t participate in music much in the intervening years until “Obaa Sima” was reissued in 2015. He started performing his song live with the help of a brilliant cast of London-based musicians and has toured three continents and played to thousands of fans in venues of all kinds.

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Yasi Town

Panda Bear - Venom's In (Jaime Rosso Siren Dub)

@completewalkthru is an alias of Brooklyn-based house producer Max McFerren, a moniker he uses to produce twisted, colorful house music. After 2016’s self-titled album on 1080p, and 2017’s Social Security album on Complete Walkthru Records, McFerren has released a bumper double act: Never Online: Collected Works Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, again on his own label. For his Choice Mix, McFerren explores the universe of Complete Walkthru: strange techno grooves bubbling under surface ambience, vivid splashes of house and far-reaching electronics.

Originally broadcast on redbullradio.com on March 20th 2018. Choice Mix is Red Bull Radio’s home for mixes from some of the world’s most forward-thinking DJs. Unconstrained by location or genre, each Choice Mix spotlights a unique artist from the global underground whose style is pushing music forward. 

Engineered by Joe Hazan and Ryan Woodhall

Choice Mix: Complete Walkthru

Dinner is:
Oto Gillen - Drums
Keegan Monaghan - Bass and vocals
Eugene Wasserman - Guitar and vocals

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Dinner (NYC)

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