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In Pursuit of Shashamane Land
Artist
African Head Charge
ReleaseProduct
In Pursuit of Shashamane Land
Label
On-U Sound
Catalogue Number
ONUDL65
Release Date
March 6, 2020

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While it may have started largely as a studio project led by Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge had become a fully collaborative endeavour by the time of 1990’s definitive Songs Of Praise LP due to the increasing prominence of the percussion and vocals of Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah. This proved to be a good thing - many consider Songs Of Praise to be among the band’s finest work - and three years later the pair combined to great effect once more on In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land.

This record contained some of the group’s most vibrant music to date, with Noah coaxing out some shards of light from Sherwood’s previously rather murky aesthetic. While some of these tracks spiral off into the cosmos in much the same way as Sherwood’s early dub experiments, there are also moments here that draw on the rhythmic drive of 80s no-wave groups like Liquid Liquid and Guerilla Welfare. Brian Eno and David Byrne’s ‘My Life in the Bush of Ghosts’, a key record in the African Head Charge story, also makes its presence felt.

This new edition of In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land unites the original track-listing with eight bonus cuts including two long-lost cousins - namely ‘Mama Shante Garden’ and ‘Run Come See Me’, tunes which were included on a bonus 7-inch that was given away with a thousand pressings of In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land when it first emerged in 1993. The LP comes with a 24” x 12” poster, photographs of the group and an excerpt from a five part interview with Noah.

African Head Charge’s 1993 LP In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land, a masterpiece in dubwise sonics and sample art, gets a souped-up reissue through On-U Sound.

Digital Track List

  1. 1 Heading To Glory 4:35 Buy

    Heading To Glory

  2. 2 Pursuit 3:53 Buy

    Pursuit

  3. 3 One Destination 3:33 Buy

    One Destination

  4. 4 No, Don't Follow Fashion 6:15 Buy

    No, Don't Follow Fashion

  5. 5 Animal Law 5:29 Buy

    Animal Law

  6. 6 Learning 6:17 Buy

    Learning

  7. 7 Fever Pitch 4:55 Buy

    Fever Pitch

  8. 8 Somebody Touch I 3:30 Buy

    Somebody Touch I

  9. 9 Fever Pitch (Raw Cut) 4:56 Buy

    Fever Pitch (Raw Cut)

  10. 10 Pursuit (Underpulse Motion Dj Edit) 5:05 Buy

    Pursuit (Underpulse Motion Dj Edit)

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