Ghanaian Music Group Gallaxy explains why they went local

Ghana’s budding Afrobeat and Highlife duo Gallaxy has finally explain why they switched to wearing of African fabric as part of their branding. The ‘Wodo Nti’ hit makers finally uncovered the secret when they made an appearance on Etv Ghana’s ‘The Late Nite Celebrity Show’ on Wednesday 1st January 2014 hosted by Giovani who was then sitting in for the regular host Leila.

According to Gallaxy their sudden switch was influenced by the kind of music they do. “Highlife and Afrobeat” ,which are indigenously Ghanaian and African at large? However, there is the need to portray the origin of the genre and style of their music.

Commenting on their brand name, Gallaxy debunk the public sentiment that; they are taking advantage of the Samsung brand ‘Galaxy’ to get the popularity they want. In response they said; “our name Gallaxy was coined from the scientific word ‘Galaxy’ meaning a group of stars representing the unique talent we both brought together as a group” .
They continue to add that, they came together as a group during their days in senior high school somewhere 2005 and Samsung commercially released their Galaxy brand in 2009
which is not long ago.

Gallaxy is undoubtedly one of the fastest rising music groups currently.

They officially came into the music industry in 2012 and they are doing marvelously well with major radio and television appearances and have good songs to their credit under the management of Tema based Harbour City Recordz. Their latest Afrobeat release BokoBoko(Slowly) is currently enjoying massive airplay both in Ghana, Nigeria and other parts of the continent.

By George Mensah Britton