The Allergies ft: K.O.G - Koliko (Official Video)

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The Allergies up the tempo on funk laden club anthem ‘Koliko’ featuring K.O.G.

Veteran funk duo The Allergies need no introduction, having released countless genre-melding tracks and touring the live circuit for over a decade, the colossal groove merchants return with their most irresistible slice of sonic sunshine yet on ‘Koliko’, featuring award-winning afro-futurist star, K.O.G aka Kweku Of Ghana. Gifting the dynamite vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with a super catchy track, bubbling with vintage Afrobeat samples, beefed up bass, soaring horns, and their trademark production punch.

This infectious mix of late 60s African rhythms and upfront hip-hop swagger is the perfect backing for K.O.G to deliver his pin-sharp double-time rhymes, rich layered harmonies, and soaring chorus vocals, in both English and his native tongue. Lyrically, touching on what it means to be treated like a ‘Koliko' or ‘Toy', to use the local language. To capture his near shamanistic style of performance, K.O.G’s vocals and percussion were laid down live in The Allergies Bristol studio. With the singer recording his dazzlingly freestyled material there, in the moment. “It was proper magic,” say The Allergies. “Watching him channeling the energy he brought to this track gave us goosebumps!”