The lauded Ghanaian group Edikanfo can't quite catch a break. Back in 1981, for example, the highlife-meets-Afro funk outfit were riding high with The Pace Setters, a work they recorded at Studio One in Accra with none other than Brian Eno, then newly immersed in, and enamoured with, the music of West Africa, as evidenced by his work with David Byrne on such western precedent-setters as Remain In Light and My Life In the Bush of Ghosts. The Pace Setters was – and remains – a seminal work, carving out a place in African musical history for its forward-thinking, rhythm driven experimentation.

Listen now, and Edikanfo's jubilatory brass-and-horn jams – each averaging around five-and-a-half minutes – are notable for both their slick dance formulas and the lack of overt Eno-esque electronics; the eight-piece Edikanfo African Super Band were already a successful concern when the producer sought out them out, and Eno's hands-off approach serves the album well. Opener ‘Nka Bom’, a huge hit at home, is a roiling slice of light and witty dancefloor funk; ‘Something Lefeh-O’ finds call-and-response vocals sliding over brass duels, insistent percussion and synthesised beats. The band was set to go global when a coup d'etat in Ghana shut down the live music scene. Now, nearly 40 years later, Edikanfo's plans to regroup, record and tour internationally have been waylaid by yet another crisis. Still, they're clearly not in any rush. A fabulous reminder of what's still coming.