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You could call him a cross between The Godfather and the Pied Piper of Hamelin. His name is only now beginning to make the rounds, but he’s a producer who’s been around for a long time, with a number of hits to his name. That’s because C-Tea Beat prefers to stay in the background, away from all the lights of show business. Nonetheless, those strings he pulls on get speakers banging, people singing songs he’s worked on, and others moving to tunes he’s worked his magic on. Jesus Muhammad met up with him at the venue of a writing camp held somewhere in East Legon for a conversation.     Yo C-Tea. Thanks for making time to talk to me. I can see it’s really busy in here. We’re basically here to find out who the man C-Tea is, what your story is. But before all of that, big congrats on your Grammy win. Haha. Thanks chale. Bless up!   You’re one of the select few from this side who have managed to attain that kind of recognition. For sure, having a Grammy to your name i...

Possessing an incredible knack for documenting the times by laying his bass-laden vocals over parallel melodic sounds, Avit, one of Ghana's budding musicians, is without a doubt, on his way to becoming one of the youth’s most sentient voices. Stereometrica’s Jesus Muhammad sat down to have a chat with him, somewhere in his calm neighbourhood in Tema’s Community 3 quarter . You’re the first person I’m meeting who bears the name Avit. Or to put it properly, this is actually the first time I’m hearing the name Avit. And I like it because it’s unique. Could you tell me about your name? Oh yeah, no surprises. Avit is a short form of a longer name. My name is Avitiduen. It’s a Bulsa name. My family hails from the Upper East region, but I was born in Tamale, and grew up in Tema. Avitiduen Abisa, that’s my full name. But Avitiduen is a mouthful for some people, so I just tell most people to call me Avit.                         ...