My Life In A Hole In The Ground, by African Head Charge

My Life In A Hole In The Ground

by African Head Charge

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Vincent Giard On a appris à Jeune Vincent que la musique c’était ça. Ce qui explique plein d’infortunes.

...peut-être qu’on m’a aussi menti et que c’était pas «des légumes» qui poussaient sous les néons au sous-sol? Favorite track: Stebeni's Theme.

French Kettle Station Mind blowing dub! Very innovative production techniques and each individual track seems to exist in a different landscape from the next! So excited to have found this one! Favorite track: Primal One Drop.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi, Drumming Is A Language 1990 - 2011, Environmental Holes & Drastic Tracks 1981 - 1986, Return Of The Crocodile, Super Mystic Brakes, Voodoo Of The Godsent, Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa, In Charge - Live in Japan, and 9 more. , and , .

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1.	Elastic Dance 03:58	info	buy track
2.	Family Doctoring 04:20	info	buy track
3.	Stebeni's Theme 03:34	info	buy track
4.	The Race (Part 1) 03:36	info	buy track
5.	Crocodile Shoes 03:13	info	buy track
6.	Stone Chant 04:16	info	buy track
7.	Far Away Chant 04:04	info	buy track
8.	Primal One Drop 03:33	info	buy track
9.	Hole In The Roof 03:13	info	buy track

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The groundbreaking debut album from 1981 that plays on both the title and concept of David Byrne and Brian Eno's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.

Built upon sparse backing tracks constructed by Adrian Sherwood, the producer invited Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah (who had studied under Count Ossie in the rasta drumming camp at Wareika Hill in Jamaica) to lay down hand percussion patterns and breaks on top, augmented by stereo-strafed effects and the occasional burst of Sun Ra-style horns. The result is a unique mixture of traditional African rhythms, dub and free jazz.

Features DJ favourite “Stebeni’s Theme” and “Far Away Chant”, used to famously gruesome effect by David Lynch in the film Wild At Heart.

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released January 1, 1981

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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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