Jah Wobble
Heaven & Earth
Island
162-531 050-2
(1995)
Rock/Pop
CD, 7
Tracks, 58:24
Length
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01 |
Heaven & Earth |
Jah Wobble; Mark Ferda; Zi Lan Liao |
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08:41 |
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Recording Date
1995
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02 |
A Love Song |
Jah Wobble; Natacha Atlas |
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07:22 |
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Recording Date
1995
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03 |
Dying Over Europe |
Jah Wobble |
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03:11 |
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Recording Date
1995
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04 |
Divine Mother |
Jah Wobble |
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11:11 |
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Recording Date
1995
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05 |
Gone To Croatan |
Aiyb Dieng; Bill Laswell; Jah Wobble; Nicky Skopelitis; Pharoah Sanders |
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15:31 |
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Recording Date
1995
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06 |
Hit Me |
Bill Laswell; Derek Showard; Jah Wobble; Pharoah Sanders |
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07:42 |
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Recording Date
1995
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07 |
Om Namah Shiva |
Jah Wobble; Justin Adams; Najma Akhtar |
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04:46 |
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Recording Date
1995
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Bass |
Jah Wobble |
Organ |
Bernie Worrell |
Guitar |
Nicky Skopelitis |
Percussion |
Aiyb Dieng |
Guitar |
Justin Adams |
Piano |
Mark Ferda |
Producer |
Jah Wobble |
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Index |
#
3852 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Ambient, Experimental, Dub |
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Fusing Eastern and Western classical influences with elements of ambient, dub and hip-hop, Jah Wobble has created a truly brilliant pancultural concept album. The title track opens the LP with a near-orchestral range of dynamic emotions centered around Zi Lan Liao's vocals and violin, Kui Hsuing Li's soaring bamboo flute, and Wobble's percolating tribal drums. "A Love Song" is a hypnotic dub track showcasing the vocal talents of Natacha Atlas, whose Middle Eastern melody lends a sultry feel perfectly matched by the sensual bassline. Bill Laswell lends his distinctive touch "Gone to Croatan" and "Hit Me", which perfectly match hip-hop beats and turntable wizardry provided by DJs DXT and Rob Swift with Pharoah Sanders' mind-bending flute and horn solos and Bernie Worrell's synth textures. But the piece de resistance is "Om Namah Shiva", which combines Najma Akhtar's nimble vocal calisthenics and Inder Matharu's dazzling tabla rhythms with programmed percussion and Wobble's botton-end bass wallop to create highly effective world/dance track. Laswell himself calls Heaven & Earth "the best thing Jah Wobble has ever recorded. Who are we to argue? -- Bret Love (allmusic.com)