Dela Botri, known as the founder and leader of Hewale Sounds is an internationally acclaimed musician.Father of the ‘Gouda’ music group and grandfather to many musicians who come to him for career advice, a word of encouragement and collaboration.Botri is actually more than a traditional music artist.

He is an exceptional talented and versatile musician, the finest artist who plays all the chromatic scales on the Atenteben.This Ghanaian traditional musical instrument is a flute made out of bamboo.Botri is the master mind of the development of the capabilities of the atenteben to fit all music genres due to his capabilities of reading and writing music.

Botri composes and arranges all his music, while improvising, creating, improving and extending traditional rhythms, beats and sounds. His music stands on the interface of tradition and modernity. He waxes into the contemporary, while keeping a link to his roots.