Daniel Pemberton | Recording Girls Aloud covers in Ghana

The electricity cut out, staff went awol, the studio was covered in wire. But we still made the funkiest Sound of the Underground everAs jobs go, this one seemed the more unusual. There's a chap I know called Alex Lavery, who always has crazy projects on the go. Despite having recently won the British Council's Young Music Entrepreneur award, Alex was obviously keen not to rest on his laurels. His latest scheme, to help publicise Fairtrade Fortnight, seemed suitably bonkers. Could I go to Ghana ...

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