Kingsley & his brother, Benjamin form the emerging Nigerian Highlife band, The Cavemen. A casual listen to their debut album ‘Roots’ will have you immersed in appreciation of the unique, rich and organic Highlife sound pioneered in Ghana in the 19th century. The guitar chords, progressions, harmonies and entire arrangement is reminiscent of the Golden age of Highlife music in Ghana and subsequently Nigeria.
Kingsley and his blood brother are playing the sound of their dreams, having fun with it and casually igniting a fire and renewed attention for Highlife music in this new age.
He claimed that “Ghana is like the ‘Highlife Mecca’ of the world” as he spoke on the influence of Ghanaian highlife artists on their style of Highlife fusion which originated in present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British Empire. It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional Akan music, but is played with Western instruments.
