Nii Noi Nortey is the inventior of the afrifones, African reed instruments modified with saxophone mouthpieces. His other wind instruments include alto saxophone, Western C flute, and alboita, a deconstructed Western oboe with North African double-reed alghaita tunings. He also plays gonje, a one-string bowed lute, seperewa harp, gyili balafon, and Zimbabwean mbira njari.

Nii Noi has been featured with many groups, including Dadekrama, Mau Mau Muziki, and Afrikan Sound Project. During his London-based years he played in the reggae group Misty n' Roots. He has also performed for many years with the legendary musician Ghanaba.

Nii Otoo Annan plays APK, the “African Percussion Kit,” which consists of a gyili balafon, small metal gyili xylophone, jazz hi-hat and ride cymbals, bell rack with several gankokui double bells and assorted hand bells; djembe, kpanlogo, atumpani, and brekete floor drums, as well as a four-keyashiwa box bass. He also plays molo two-string lute.

Nii Otoo has been part of the ritual and traditional drum scene in Accra, has played highlife, and has been featured together with Nii Noi in Mau Mau Muziki, Jazz Kelenche, and African Sound Project.

Steven Feld ("Prof") plays the three-key ashiwa box bass in Accra Trane Station. His Ghana projects include The Time of Bells, 3: Music bells of Accra (VoxLox 2005), and Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana (Smithsonian Folkways, 2007).

Sax and flute improviser Alex Coke, based in Austin and Amsterdam, has performed and recorded with the Willem Breuker Kollektief, Worthy Constituents, and Creative Opportunity Orchestra. He and Feld previously played together in Leadbelly Legacy Band and Live Action Brass Band.

Drummer Jefferson Voorhees studied West African percussion with C.K. Ladzekpo and became a mainstay in the bay area World Beat movement, playing with numerous African and Afro-Caribbean bands. He and Feld previously worked together in the Tom Guralnick Trio, Bonefied, and Out of Context.