African Holocaust

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:56:37
Personnel: David Hinds (vocals, guitar, congas, bongos, cowbells, djembe, percussion); Adam Drake, Focett Gray, Clifford Moonie Pusey, Clifford Pusey (guitar); Colin Cooper (harmonica); Jacko Peake (saxophone); James Renford (alto saxophone); Simon Wilcox (trumpet); Steve Morrison, Chris Petter (trombone); Sidney Mills (organ, programming, drum programming); Selwyn Brown (keyboards, background vocals); Alvin Ewen (bass instrument); Conrad Kelly (drums, percussion); Wayne "G-Sharp" Clark (drums); Raymond Walker, Noel "Asher" Barnes, Nana (percussion); Donnie Sterling, Mike Williams , Sandra Francis, Hunter Hamedah, Raheemah Hunter, Sylvia Tella, Donna Sterling (background vocals). DJs: Damian Marley; Junie Ranks; Tiken Jah Fakoly; Capleton. Audio Mixer: Graham Dickson. Recording information: The Dub Factory. From its formation in the mid-1970s in Birmingham, England, Steel Pulse built its international reputation by fusing socially conscious themes with compulsively danceable reggae. The band stood out by being virtually the sole black act (not to mention by donning pointed hoods and capes during its churning anti-racist anthem, "Ku Klux Klan") in the UK's '70s Rock Against Racism movement that also included the Specials and the Clash. Steel Pulse's 2004 Grammy-nominated AFRICAN HOLOCAUST demonstrates that, after nearly 30 years, the group's opposition to racism, oppression, and tyranny in all its forms remains as fierce as its devotion to the power of the one-drop rhythm and the irresistibly sinuous bass line. Encapsulating its musical and political outlook in the "Down-trodden masses, get up off your asses" couplet of "Tyrant," the group slips and slides through a set noticeably light on sunny optimism and heavy on fiery Bob Marley-style Rasta socio-political commentary. Throughout, tracks like the stirring cover of Bob Dylan's "George Jackson" and the incendiary "Born Fe Rebel," with its litany of black and Third World political heroes, cement Steel Pulse's reputation for melding rootsy Anglo-Caribbean rhythms with an irrepressible urge for radical social change.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)