Organ Thing of The Day, for there must be a Thing of The Day; African Head Charge have released a new single, Passing Clouds, produced by Adrian Sherwood. A track taken from forthcoming album A Trip To Bolgatanga, out July 7th via On-U Sound. Which of course means it is no longer forthcoming and actually came out last week. Hey, I was very busy last week, this is this week, here’s where you go for the album details and the shape of things to come. The Charge (as no one ever calls them) have just announced global live dates, including Glastonbury (some of my painting have just gone off to Glastonbury, thankfully I didn’t have to go with them, although if I could jsut sit in a field listen to African Head Charge all day I;d happily go). A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t go anywhere until you fix it. Here’s the Passing Clouds video
And here you go, more of the album, although you quite resonably need to buy it to hear the whole thing. Sure worth your money just for the brilliant opening track, Bad Attitude.
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“African Head Charge return to On-U Sound with their first new album in twelve years. Titled A Trip To Bolgatanga, the recordings are led by founder member Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, with close friend and co-conspirator Adrian Sherwood once again at the controls. A Trip to Bolgatanga is a stunning return, bringing together the talents of two masters who, after a hiatus, have created a rich album brimming with ideas and executed with finesse.
A Trip To Bolgatanga is a musical journey to Bonjo’s current hometown in north Ghana. A psychedelic travelogue across the landscape featuring their trademark hand percussion and group chanting augmented with rumbling bass, mutated horns, dubbed out effects, wild wah-wah, haunted voodoo dancehall, synthetic swells, disco congas, tumbling layers of electronic effects, blues-inflected woodwind, and funky organ. As with every On-U Sound production, each repeated listen reveals fresh detail, and its power won’t be really understood until heard on a big system, when it’ll reduce all competition to rubble”.
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African Head 2023 Charge Live Dates:
Glastonbury, UK – 24th June
Ozora Festival, Budapest – 5th August
Liquid Room, Japan – 14th Sept
Banana Hall, Osaka – 15th Sept
Blues Kitchen, Manchester – 27th Sept
Le Guess Who, Utrecht NL – 9th Nov
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