Later, he was influenced and inspired by the music of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Abba and then Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, Steel Pulse and Babyface.
Knii Lante is a multi-talented artiste, musician, humanitarian, an excellent songwriter and composer, plays the piano and guitar and sings well enough to have earned himself the best male vocal performer in his home country on two occasions. In addition, Knii Lante is a practicing physician specializing in internal medicine and is sometimes affectionately referred to as “the singing doctor from Ghana."
In 2010 he released his first local major album "Love and Revolution". His vocal
delivery on this album won him his second Ghana Music Awards recognition (the
first being for his collaboration with Michael Dwamena on the hit song "Ngozi" a
couple of years earlier). The song "Rocky Road" went on to win him a nomination
and then the Yaa Asantewa award at the first reggae/dancehall Bass Awards in
Ghana.
At the end of 2012 Knii Lante released a silky reggae (promo) single "House of Pain", recorded in Jamaica with producer Dean Fraser, which won him yet another GMA award. Arguably the sweetest voice out Africa in decades, Knii Lante is considered as Africa’s rising star. His “True Feelings” album was produced in Jamaica & Ghana by: Dean Fraser, Mikey Bennett & Joe Amoah.
His breakout single Baby Take Good Care the Remix with Queen Ifrica is the promotional song and a fitting introduction to the well-produced “True Feelings” album that covers a diversity of genres - Reggae, World Beat, Dance Hall, R&B and Pop. ‘Baby Take Good Care’ entered the Top 25 Jamaica Weekly Music Countdown –Reggae Version Chart by Richie B for several months rising to the top 10.
Several songs from the ‘True Feelings’ album are currently getting excellent rotation internationally; Big Trees, Loving You, When You Go Away and House of Pain are some of the other popular favorites.
Knii Lante returned to Jamaica in May 2014 to launch the "True Feelings" album at the Redbones Blues Café and in August 2014 secured a distribution agreement with VPAL in New York.
In January 2015, Knii Lante had his big stage debut at Rebel Salute 2015 where he was backed on drums by the legendary Desi Jones (Chalice), sharing the stage with artistes Such as Tarrus Riley, Etana, Tony Rebel, Alborosie, Sizzla, Third World and more.
Knii Lante has also made live appearances on primetime Jamaican TV/radio- notable among them is Mutabaruka’s ‘Cutting Edge’ show and Smile Jam TV.
He has voiced at Tuff Gong Studios International, Kingston-Jamaica and also plays a monthly ‘Live Covers’ show at his base in Accra with his 11-piece band, the Big Hills. They have taken on legends such as Michael Jackson and Osibisa with their own interpretations and arrangements.
His reggae version of Ed Sheeran’s Billboard Chart breaker, ‘Thinking Out Loud’, is his latest project(June 2015) produced by Dean Fraser at Penthouse Records and distributed widely to international radio and Disc Jockey networks in the USA by Zojak Worldwide – a full music publisher and digital distribution company.
For more information contact Deluge Music/Entertainment KNIILANTE@GMAIL.COM www.kniilante.com
At the end of 2012 Knii Lante released a silky reggae (promo) single "House of Pain", recorded in Jamaica with producer Dean Fraser, which won him yet another GMA award. Arguably the sweetest voice out Africa in decades, Knii Lante is considered as Africa’s rising star. His “True Feelings” album was produced in Jamaica & Ghana by: Dean Fraser, Mikey Bennett & Joe Amoah.
His breakout single Baby Take Good Care the Remix with Queen Ifrica is the promotional song and a fitting introduction to the well-produced “True Feelings” album that covers a diversity of genres - Reggae, World Beat, Dance Hall, R&B and Pop. ‘Baby Take Good Care’ entered the Top 25 Jamaica Weekly Music Countdown –Reggae Version Chart by Richie B for several months rising to the top 10.
Several songs from the ‘True Feelings’ album are currently getting excellent rotation internationally; Big Trees, Loving You, When You Go Away and House of Pain are some of the other popular favorites.
Knii Lante returned to Jamaica in May 2014 to launch the "True Feelings" album at the Redbones Blues Café and in August 2014 secured a distribution agreement with VPAL in New York.
In January 2015, Knii Lante had his big stage debut at Rebel Salute 2015 where he was backed on drums by the legendary Desi Jones (Chalice), sharing the stage with artistes Such as Tarrus Riley, Etana, Tony Rebel, Alborosie, Sizzla, Third World and more.
Knii Lante has also made live appearances on primetime Jamaican TV/radio- notable among them is Mutabaruka’s ‘Cutting Edge’ show and Smile Jam TV.
He has voiced at Tuff Gong Studios International, Kingston-Jamaica and also plays a monthly ‘Live Covers’ show at his base in Accra with his 11-piece band, the Big Hills. They have taken on legends such as Michael Jackson and Osibisa with their own interpretations and arrangements.
His reggae version of Ed Sheeran’s Billboard Chart breaker, ‘Thinking Out Loud’, is his latest project(June 2015) produced by Dean Fraser at Penthouse Records and distributed widely to international radio and Disc Jockey networks in the USA by Zojak Worldwide – a full music publisher and digital distribution company.
For more information contact Deluge Music/Entertainment KNIILANTE@GMAIL.COM www.kniilante.com
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