When Asante came out on 23 December 2025, it was a simple thing to say: thank you. Thank you for loving me before I knew You. Thank you for rain in the middle of the desert.
Three months later, Paddy came back to the same song with a question every producer eventually asks: what else could this be?
Six versions, one message
Asante Reimagined is a six-track EP that explores one composition through different arrangements, textures and instrumentation:
- Asante (Reimagined) — 3:15
- Asante (Bossa Nova) — 4:00
- Asante (Bass Version) — 3:14
- Asante (Baby Nova) — 3:37
- Asante (Acoustic Version) — 3:17
- Asante (Instrumental) — 4:40
The words don’t change. The rooms they are sung in do.
Why do this?
Paddy approaches music as a performer, songwriter, producer and engineer at the same time. Re-arranging a song is how all four of those people get to speak. It is also practical: an acoustic version fits a small fellowship, an instrumental fits a prayer room, and a Bossa Nova take fits a Sunday afternoon.
Listen on the Asante Reimagined page, and read the Asante lyrics.