African head Charge's second album, 1982's troubled experimental masterpiece "Environmental Studies," a deepening of the band's debut album, has also been reissued on a remastered analog reissue, with the bass amplified by Berlin Dub Plate and Mastered. Remastered analog reissue with sleeve notes by Steve Barker (On The Wire) and DL code. Simultaneous reissue of four of their early albums from 1981-1986, which had been hard to find. (Reggae Bulletin, 2.8.2016)
This second album, released in 1982, is exactly as the title suggests: "Environmental Studies", a collage of field recordings of environmental sounds and other materials, with a somewhat ethnomusicological tribal and disturbing soundscape that shimmers and sways suspiciously in the dub. A milestone in the history of dub dance music, this album features Adrian Sherwood's original ideas and percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah's experiments with the early impulses of the genre, and is a terrifying work of enigmatic dub music. Style Scott of Roots Radics, and Deadly Headley of The Wailers. The sample list is not enough to convey the sound of the album, so please take a look at the track listings. Total 9 tracks. The samples alone don't do it justice, so please take a look at the track list.
(Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)
This second album, released in 1982, is exactly as the title suggests: "Environmental Studies", a collage of field recordings of environmental sounds and other materials, with a somewhat ethnomusicological tribal and disturbing soundscape that shimmers and sways suspiciously in the dub. A milestone in the history of dub dance music, this album features Adrian Sherwood's original ideas and percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah's experiments with the early impulses of the genre, and is a terrifying work of enigmatic dub music. Style Scott of Roots Radics, and Deadly Headley of The Wailers. The sample list is not enough to convey the sound of the album, so please take a look at the track listings. Total 9 tracks. The samples alone don't do it justice, so please take a look at the track list. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)