African Head Charge

Environmental Holes & Drastic Tracks: 1981 - 1986

Artist: African Head Charge
ReleaseProduct: Environmental Holes & Drastic Tracks: 1981 - 1986
Label: On-U Sound
Catalogue Number: ONUCD134
Release Date: November 2016

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- My Life In A Hole In The Ground (1981)
- Environmental Studies (1982)
- Drastic Season (1983)
- Off The Beaten Track (1986)
- Return Of The Crocodile & Super Mystic Breaks: Unreleased Tracks & Version Excursions (11 rare and unheard tracks from the period on CD for the first time)
- Plus 24 page booklet with photos and sleevenotes by Steve Barker (On The Wire)
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Enviornmental Holes & Drastic Tracks: 1981 - 1986 contains the most crucial recordings from the experimental dub group African Head Charge:

Return Of The Crocodile
My Life In A Hole In The Ground
Environmental Studies
Drastic Season
Off The Beaten Track

These essential remastered reissues of the first four African Head Charge albums and one new LP of unreleased material from On-U Sound, still sound as fresh and uniquely experimental as ever before.By sprinkling in elements of dub and rolling them up with an other-worldly avant-garde edge that was equal parts Metal Box PiL, Brian Eno / David Byrne and equal parts Singers & Players African Head Charge crafted out four of the most industrial psychedelia to emerge from the post-punk dub scene.

Historical soundsystem sounds for anyone looking to expand their industrial music horizons into waters unknown.

1 Elastic Dance 0:30 African Head Charge
2 Family Doctoring African Head Charge
3 Stebeni’s Theme African Head Charge
4 The Race (Part 1) 0:30 African Head Charge
5 Crocodile Shoes African Head Charge
6 Stone Charge 0:30 African Head Charge
7 Far Away Chant African Head Charge
8 Primal One Drop 0:30 African Head Charge
9 Hole In The Roof African Head Charge
10 Crocodile Hand Luggage 0:30 African Head Charge
11 Dinosaur’s Lament African Head Charge
12 Beri Beri African Head Charge
13 Snakeskin Tracksuit 0:30 African Head Charge
14 High Protein Snack African Head Charge
15 In A Trap 0:30 African Head Charge
16 Breeding Space African Head Charge
17 Primitive 0:30 African Head Charge
18 Latin Temperament African Head Charge
19 Timbuktu Express 0:30 African Head Charge
20 I Want Water 0:30 African Head Charge
21 Bazaar African Head Charge
22 African Hedge Hog African Head Charge
23 Depth Charge 0:30 African Head Charge
24 Fruit Market African Head Charge
25 Snake In The Hole 0:30 African Head Charge
26 Many Generations African Head Charge
27 Off The Beaten Track African Head Charge
28 Some Bizarre 0:30 African Head Charge
29 Belinda 0:30 African Head Charge
30 Language & Mentality African Head Charge
31 Throw It Away 0:30 African Head Charge
32 Conspiring African Head Charge
33 Release The Doctor African Head Charge
34 Down Under Again 0:30 African Head Charge
35 Over The Sky African Head Charge
36 Good Thing (Bonus Track) African Head Charge
37 Makola Market African Head Charge
38 Snake In The Goal African Head Charge
39 Conspired African Head Charge
40 Slippery Heel African Head Charge
41 Further Off The Track African Head Charge
42 More Bizarre African Head Charge
43 Doctor Find African Head Charge
44 Low Protein Snack African Head Charge
45 Super Mystic Brakes African Head Charge
46 Beri Version African Head Charge
47 Realigned Dub African Head Charge
48 The Race (Part 2) African Head Charge

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November 2016

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