Total Hip Replacement

– Warm, pulsating grooves and powerful brass

Vinterjazz 2027

With a unique blend of Ghanaian highlife, reggae, dub and soul, Total Hip Replacement & Anyankofo bring warm, pulsating grooves and powerful brass to Danish venues in spring 2027. With roots in Denmark and Ghana, they create a dynamic and hopeful sound, while their messages are direct, addressing the troubling direction in which the world is heading. On stage, the nine-piece collective creates an inclusive atmosphere bubbling with infectious playfulness.

The years 2022–2026 have been an explosive period for the band. The release of their first Danish-Ghanaian album, Anyankofo, led to extensive tours across Europe, South America and West Africa. Both the album and their live performances have received excellent reviews in music magazines and on radio, culminating in successful appearances at legendary European festivals such as Bout du Monde (France) and Reggae Jam (Germany).

Now the band are ready with their second album, Ehum. The album took shape on the road – through touring, travels in Ghana and jam sessions with musicians from both Ghana and Denmark. After years of friendship and musical exchange, the band delve even deeper into the meeting of their different cultural roots, creating a new shared musical language.

Ehum marks the beginning of another great musical journey. First, the band will travel along the West African coast, performing in Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana. Europe follows, with the band bringing fresh inspiration, euphoria and plenty of warmth to Danish venues in February and March 2027.

The concert is organised in collaboration between Musikhuzet, Svanekegaarden and ØstersøJazz.

Photo: Sebastian Vistisen

About the album Ehum (released on 27 November 2026)

Highlife, reggae and dub from Denmark and Ghana – music created between places, people and traditions.

Ehum means “storm” in Fante, the language spoken by the three members of Total Hip Replacement & Anyankofo who come from Cape Coast. But the storm on the album is not simply a metaphor for turmoil. It also exists in the encounters between people, in the movement between Denmark and Ghana, and in the search for solid ground when things once believed to be certain begin to shift.

This is the starting point for Ehum, the second album by the nine-piece Danish-Ghanaian collective. Created on the road, in recording studios and through countless jam sessions, the album is the result of a musical collaboration that has been allowed to develop naturally over time and across continents.

Ghanaian highlife, reggae, dub and collective improvisation come together in a sound that is both deeply rooted and distinctly contemporary. The music is built on rhythm, interaction and curiosity, but also on the questions that arise when people with different histories and backgrounds try to create something together.

Following Anyankofo in 2022, the band take another step into this shared musical space. With contributions from Florence Adooni and her band, Nsoroma from Santrofi, Kwame Yeboah and West African reggae legend Tiken Jah Fakoly, Ehum becomes an album about roots and movement, identity and belonging, inequality, hope and the importance of maintaining our connections with other people.

Price
Advance ticket: DKK 175
Tickets at the door: DKK 225
Both prices include booking fees.