For nearly forty years, master Nyabinghi percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah has collaborated with dub magician Adrian Sherwood/On-U Sound and friends in a psychedelic reggae ensemble called African Head Charge. Sherwood has said the idea for the group and the first album, “My Life in a Hole in the Ground” (1981) was sparked by Brian Eno’s ““vision of a psychedelic Africa,” a phrase he used to describe his wonderful album with David Byrne, “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.” Throughout the 1980s, I’d often return to “My Life in a Hole in the Ground” as the soundtrack for my own personal journeys into inner space.
On March 6, African Head Charge is following up a series of vinyl reissues with Drumming Is A Language: 1990-2011 a CD box set or vinyl bundle containing five essential albums along with “Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi,” a collection of unreleased version mixes from the early 1990s. For a taste, immerse yourself in the gorgeous expanse of “Peace and Happiness” above. The way out is the way in.
(via Dangerous Minds)