King Ayisoba drops seventh album Pure Confusion, cut live in one afternoon

King Ayisoba has put out his seventh album, Pure Confusion, nine tracks and forty-five minutes recorded live in one afternoon at Adrian Sherwood's studio in Ramsgate, England.

Ayisoba flew out of Ghana in November 2024 and cut the record in a single session, with the arrangement added later: bass, cello, saxophone, harmonica and Sherwood's dub processing overdubbed onto the live take. Doug Wimbish of Sugar Hill Records performs bass on a few of the tracks. Ivan Hussey contributes cello; Alan Glenn, formerly of the Yardbirds, plays harmonica.

At the heart of the setup is Ayisoba's personal instrument: the kologo, a two-string lute made from a calabash and goatskin. Throughout the album he performs in three separate voices, one of which he claims is his grandfather's, a spiritual healer who took possession of him during childhood.

Pure Confusion is out now.