Speaking on Channel One TV, he clarified that Borga Highlife, which was made popular in the 1980s by artists such as Ben Brako and George Darko, combined new digital sounds with the essential components of classic highlife.
He asserts that Borga Highlife cleared the path for fusion with other musical genres in addition to modernizing highlife.
Recordings were converted to digital from those times. What actually occurred was that the sounds were altered by the presence of electronic drums, lean drums, and synthesisers. Borga Highlife nevertheless kept the appropriate highlife components.
"No one will tell you that George Darko is not Ghanaian when you hear him playing the guitar and singing Akoo ti brofo because no one else can sing so well. The highlife component enters the picture at this point.
Because individuals realized they could incorporate it into different genres, Borga Highlife significantly improved conventional highlife. "It just fits, which is why I keep saying that highlife is the easiest genre to blend with any other," he said.
Because individuals realized they could incorporate it into different genres, Borga Highlife significantly improved conventional highlife. "It just fits, which is why I keep saying that highlife is the easiest genre to blend with any other," he said.
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