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Ernest Honny: The Funk Maestro and His Legendary "New Dance"

  The Embryotica Evolution of Funk Musicians left Ghana in masses, scattering across West Africa, Europe, and North America. Thanks in part to its more lenient immigration policies, Germany became the heart of this scene. Indeed, the movement takes its name from "Bürger," which means "citizen" in German. Less constrained by genres than in Ghana, artists from the diaspora quickly engaged with different styles, incorporating Disco, Boogie, and Funk into their tunes. Access to cutting-edge studios and modern musical technologies also led to all sorts of mutations. In fact, Burger Highlife is defined less by a particular sound than by the experimental approach and global perspective of its artists. Tracks like Ernest Honny's experimental cut, "New Dance," exemplify the extent to which artists have deviated from the original High Life arrangements. Honny, who began his career as a keyboardist in Dr. K Gyasi's band, The Noble Kings, moved to Benin in the