A Trip To Bolgatanga, by African Head Charge

A Trip To Bolgatanga

by African Head Charge

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Ex-Friendly Bonjo is back! The deepest of Nyabinghi and Afro drums with the Don Adrian Sherwood on the magic desk. Love the Ghanaian flavours this time around, welcome back Master B! Favorite track: Never Regret A Day.

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take your time to savour this. Favorite track: Push Me Pull You.

buzzangus The different phrasings to each time he utters the track name creates a subtlety that contrasts perfectly with the monochromatic western ideal of "I'm a winner" Favorite track: I’m A Winner.

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1.	A Bad Attitude 03:42	info	buy track
2.	Accra Electronica 03:24	info	buy track
3.	Push Me Pull You 03:49	info	buy track
4.	I Chant Too 03:57	info	buy track
5.	Asalatua 03:58	info	buy track
6.	Passing Clouds 02:56	info	buy track
7.	I’m A Winner 03:13	info	buy track
8.	A Trip To Bolgatanga 04:23	info	buy track
9.	Never Regret A Day 03:37	info	buy track
10.	Microdosing 03:43	info	buy track

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"The star of the show is Noah’s mesmerising hand drumming, especially on the headspinning Microdosing" The Guardian

"A Trip To Bolgatanga is easily AHC's most accessible, vivid approximation yet of Brian Eno's fabled 'vision of a psychedelic Africa'" ★★★★ Mojo

"This is a ceaselessly unpredictable and eclectic record that manages to sound as traditional as it does experimental." Uncut

African Head Charge return to On-U Sound with their first new album in twelve years. Titled A Trip To Bolgatanga, the recordings are led by founder member Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, with close friend and co-conspirator Adrian Sherwood once again at the controls. A Trip to Bolgatanga is a stunning return, bringing together the talents of two masters who, after a hiatus, have created a rich album brimming with ideas and executed with finesse.

A Trip To Bolgatanga is a musical journey to Bonjo’s current hometown in north Ghana. A psychedelic travelogue across the landscape featuring their trademark hand percussion and group chanting augmented with rumbling bass, mutated horns, dubbed out effects, wild wah-wah, haunted voodoo dancehall, synthetic swells, disco congas, tumbling layers of electronic effects, blues-inflected woodwind, and funky organ. As with every On-U Sound production, each repeated listen reveals fresh detail, and its power won’t be really understood until heard on a big system, when it’ll reduce all competition to rubble.

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released July 7, 2023

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African Head Charge London, UK

Long-running studio and live collaboration between master Jamaican percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and English dub producer Adrian Sherwood, and a revolving cast of guest players. A unique blend of polyrhythmic outernational sounds.

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