It was an underground, alternative band that appealed to a narrow stream of fans in this country, but Dark Suburb has been stretching its wings far and wide of late and patrons of the +233 Jazz Bar & Grill in Accra will have the chance to hear the group on Saturday, April 9.
Dark Suburb does not only have a unique approach to its music but also a ‘weird’ look borrowed from the culture of masks and masquerades prevalent across Africa.
“We wear skeleton masks to highlight the point of our shared humanity and to remind the world that we are one people regardless of sex, race or social status,” a member of the band said.
The masks, the group believes, gives them a uniform identity and hides individual egos and differences just as they expect the people everywhere to see themselves as an important unit in a big team working for a better world.
Made up of five musicians and a poet who is the Chief Priest of the band, Dark Suburb fuses various styles of music, especially African rhythms, with rock.
The idea is to show what they can do with different strands of music.
“No matter who you are and where you are from, you can assert your place in this world and define who you want to be,” the Dark Suburb members say.
Their special guest at the 9.00pm concert will be Black Snake Mona, an American pianist, guitarist, singer and songwriter.
