Temple of Sound New Album Globalhead Released in USA on May 8th 2007 on Namaste Records (A Division of the Machat Company)/Koch Records KOC-CD-5553 |
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Temple of Sound release their sixth album "GlobalHead" on Namaste Records (A Division of The Machat Company)/Koch Records in the USA on May 8th 2007. The album features 12 tracks written and produced by Neil Sparkes and Count Dubulah aka Temple of Sound(ex-Transglobal Underground) featuring guest appearances by some of the best World Music artists including : Natacha Atlas, Rizwan- Muazzam Qawwali, Abdullah Chhadeh, Ben Baddoo,Junior Delgado, Jah Wobble, Dr Hukwe Zawose, Charles Zawose, Jo Legwabe, Adrian Sherwood, Getatchew Mekurya, Teremag Weretow, Nara and Jimi Papazanateas. What have Peter Gabriel, Anglo-Arabian diva Natacha Atlas, Pakistani musical royalty Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwaliand UK dub poet supreme Linton Kwesi Johnson got in common? Well, they’ve all collaborated with Temple of Sound. Add to that a list of collaborators: flavor of the moment Mexico’s Los De Abajo, Jean Jacques Burnel (leader and bassist of The Stranglers), Cuban violinist Omar Puente (Afro Cuban All Stars) and Senegalese drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose, and it becomes evident that the Temple of Sound duo of Neil Sparkes and Count Dubulah are buzzing with ideas and a sheer creativity that they are translating into great and innovative sounds. Temple of Sound are Neil Sparkes, the vocalist, percussionist, poet and painter and Count Dubulah, responsible for the rolling dub bass lines and soaring melodic guitars. Together they have developed a unique writing, production and performance team at the fore-front of World Music, Dance and Dub for over a decade. Sparkes and Dubulah first combined their talents as producers and songwriters in TransGlobal Underground. Characteristically, Sparkes and Dubulah are still at the cutting edge, making great music and influencing many other artists. Temple of Sound's name may even be a tribute to that fact, as they are releasing their sixth album GlobalHead on Namaste Records/ Koch Records in May 2007 in the USA; and their production work for a hitlist of World, Dance and Dub artists continues to push the barriers of World music forward . These include Los De Abajo (Real World) and Natacha Atlas (Beggars Banquet), nominated for Best Album in World Music Awards 2007. Neil Sparkes is co-writer with Peter Gabriel and Karl Wallinger of the Peter Gabriel single “Burn You Up, Burn You Down”, which appears on the massive selling Peter Gabriel Best Of collection Hit. Count Dubulah and Neil Sparkes were at the forefront of the experiments in the early 1990s with world and dance music when they were responsible for writing and producing large chunks of the seminal Dream of 100 Nations (1993) album and TransGlobal Underground’s commercially successful albums for Nation, BMG, Sony and MCA; including Templehead (1991) and the hit International Times (1994). As such they played a central part in the emergence of a distinctive global dance club sound. Temple of Sound spent six weeks at the beginning of 2005 in Mexico City at the invitation of BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winners Los De Abajo to produce their album "LDA v The Lunatics" for Peter Gabriel's Real World Records. This production received wide acclaim in the press, and the group appeared on the Jools Holland Later show on BBC TV and play listing on BBC Radio 1 and 2. Temple of Sound provided production, writing and playing duties for the new Natacha Atlas album MishMaoul released on Beggars Banquet in 2006. Temple of Sound have remixed DJ Cheb i Sabbah for Six Degrees in the USA; Enzo Avitibali; Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Claude Challe, (creator of the Buddah Bar) ; Lee Perry and The Congos; Banco De Gaia; Bollywood Brass Band; Fundamental and the Fatback Band; as well as doing mixes for Blood and Fire, Select Cuts, Sony, BMG, Maverick and MCA/Universal. "Taking the best elements from TransGlobal Underground's unique stew of sonic big beat globalism, Temple of Sound have absorbed latinized percussion, huge guitar riffs and most notably Neil Sparkes' involved, rapped, mantric vocals." Straight No Chaser "Globe trotting dance party. An addictively moreish high water mark for world music/electronic dance mash-ups" Muzik "Latin, Dub, Afro-Cuban, House, North African and Hip Hop are all here, blended into one seamless but dazzling global soundscape, featuring a fine of vocalists" (Songlines)
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Available on iTunes for Download May 8th 2007 Temple of Sound are: Neil Sparkes - vocalist and percussionist; and Count Dubulah , guitarist and bass player Track Listing Featuring: Natacha Atlas, Rizwan- Muazzam Qawwali, Abdullah Chhadeh, Ben Baddoo,Junior Delgado, Jah Wobble, Dr Hukwe Zawose, Charles Zawose, Jo Legwabe, Adrian Sherwood, Getatchew Mekurya, Teremag Weretow, Nara and Jimi Papazanateas www.myspace.com/templeofsound |
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Globalhead The title track of the album , featuring the voices of Temple of Sound's long term collaborator from their Transglobal Underground days Natacha Atlas , Abdullah Chhadeh and Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali alongside Neil Sparkes.... this is a chilled out multicultural multifaith plea for peace ..for the head , heart and hips Salaam Aleikum , Aleikum Salaam. |
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Take A Look At The World This track features the mighty Dr Hukwe Zawose and Charles Zawose. Temple of Sound had planned to work on future tracks with them, before tragically they both died within six months of each other. This track is a celebration and eulogy to those two great Tanzanian artists. A celebration of the African and Western heartlands, spreading the word across the globe. |
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City of God A duet between Neil Sparkes and Natacha Atlas in a 21st Century Serge Gainsbourg meets Bebel Gilberto style. Dubulah and Sparkes first worked with Natacha in Transglobal Underground in 1992. Appearing on her debut album “Diaspora”, they have co-written and produced her new album “Mish Maoul” for Beggars Banquet in 2006 (Nominated for Best Album in the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards) Inspired by Temple of Sound’s work in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the track features Natacha singing in Brazilian and Arabic. An Orson Welles inspired trip through the City of God |
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iZulu (Li Ya Duma) The album features the first time ever release of much sought after title music for the South African based US feature film "Stander" (Director Bronwen Hughes) Starring Thomas Jane. Temple of Sound’s track “iZulu (Li Ya Duma)” featuring the Zulu vocals of Jo Legwabe is the title music for this South African based movie which has received wide acclaim in the USA and Europe. “Stander” tells the true story of Andre Stander (Tom Jane), the Johannesburg police chief who in 1976 turned against an apartheid system he found repugnant, and became a notorious serial bank robber. The track is sung in Zulu by Jo Legwabe, who provided Zulu translations for the original lyrics by Neil Sparkes. It was premiered live by Temple of Sound at WOMAD, UK. |
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Wings of Desire This is not a love song – or is it? The sound of 12 string guitars and electric berimbau combining in a psychedelic song … finding Los Mutantes drinking with Lee Hazlewood in a bar downtown as the camera pulls out onto the street and pans across the city skyline…. |
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I'm A Stranger Here Myself Temple of Sound were described as “The sound of 21st Century London” in an fRoots Magazine feature. Taking the famous quote of Jean Paul Sartre “I’m A Stranger Here Myself” championed by maverick American film director Nicholas Ray ("The Savage Innocents", "Rebel Without A Cause") as the only working title for every film he ever made, Temple of Sound produce their tribute to Nick Ray in a 21st Century Existentialist urban skank! A Specials style soundtrack for the dancehall’s of LDN. |
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Axum Dub From the inspiration of the large Ethiopian community of North London, the Temple of Axum and the cultural vibrations of Jamaica via Addis Ababa, Temple of Sound feature the mystical sounds of Ethiopian Saxophone King Getatchew Mekurya , and Ethiopian singer Teremag Weretow in a Dub meets Beats sound clash. During August 2006 , Dubulah spent time working in Addis Ababa , capital city of Ethiopia , recording Ethiopian singers and musicians ( including Teremag Weretow, ) for a forthcoming project….. |
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Garden of Perfume (Adrian Sherwood Remix) An Eastern dub epic , remixed by Adrian Sherwood….Featuring Rizwan- Muazzam Qawwali (nephews of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) , |
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Blues For Babylon Continuing Temple of Sound’s love affair with Dub this collaboration with Greek micro-tonal composer Jimi Papatzanateas creates a bass fuelled world of Middle Eastern strings and Balkan Dub madness. The track takes off from Temple of Sound’s collaboration with Jah Wobble “Shout At The Devil” and the epic Dub soundscapes of their writing and production with Qawwali super-stars Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali on the “People’s Colony No.1” album released on Real World Records. |
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Afrika Temple Featuring Ben Baddoo, Master Drummer from Ghana on Balofon on the track "Afrika Temple"; a World Fusion, Global groove, heavy on the percussion and hi-life guitars, enhanced by Ben's Balofon playing. Ben Baddoo is a master percussionist and drum maker who has travelled extensively throughout his native Ghana, exploring the indigenous musical traditions. Ben Baddoo has been a regular guest and collaborator of Temple of Sound, appearing at WOMAD Singapore, Glastonbury 2005 and numerous other gigs with Temple of Sound and Neil Sparkes ( his collaborator in BougaRaBou). The Drum Speaks!!!Watch Out!!!!! |
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Dust of Empire (Song of Albion) Globalhead in Dub! A voyage through Urban Global Grooves. "This generous melting pot of musical influences has seen the music of Neil Sparkes and Count Dubulah come full circle, from World to Dance Club and back again to something with its own distinctive sense of culture, strong, tolerant and inclusive. There is a palpable sense of excitement about Temple of Sound. They are buzzing with ideas and a sheer creativity that they are translating into great and innovative sounds. Temple of Sound are an unstoppable force at the cutting edge of global culture." - Global Rhythm Magazine |
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| A Walk With Love And Death A filmic, traditional Arabic Dub; led by Temple of Sound’s percussion and strings. An organic acoustic soundtrack featuring the superlative qanun playing of Abdullah Chhadeh, alongside the strings of Simon Walker and cello/double bass from Bernard O’Neill. A dialogue between the classical traditions of the East and West, with the slightest hint of middle eastern surf…. | |
