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1.Looking Back
Vocal : !Ngubi
The vocals on the track "Looking Back " are sung by !Ngubi , an 80 year old (he thinks !) Bushman from the Kalahari, Namibia. The Bushmen or ' Khoi-San are , like most ancient tribal peoples, under severe threat of extinction due to removal of land and hunting rights, racial prejudice, and what we in the modern world might call progress. I was fortunate enough... Learn More »1.Looking Back
Vocal : !Ngubi
The vocals on the track "Looking Back " are sung by !Ngubi , an 80 year old (he thinks !) Bushman from the Kalahari, Namibia. The Bushmen or ' Khoi-San are , like most ancient tribal peoples, under severe threat of extinction due to removal of land and hunting rights, racial prejudice, and what we in the modern world might call progress. I was fortunate enough to be one of a number of musicians/producers invited to write a track using and interpreting the Bushmen's songs as source material for an album aimed at raising money and awareness of the Bushmen's plight , entitled "Sanscapes.”It was a great privilege and a very moving experience to actually meet !Ngubi and other members of his family when they came to London in May 2002 to perform what are not only centuries old songs, but also their living history. Ironically, in order to survive and retain their 20,000 year old culture, the Bushmen have been forced to join the modern world to draw attention to their plight. On "Looking Back " I have tried to express this by gradually bringing more modern instruments and western rhythms into the track as it builds - perhaps it should have been called " Looking Forward!”
We should all look forward and hope that the Khoi - San of the Kalahari, who are an integral part of the origins of our own human ancestry, survive. If we lose the Khoi -San, we will surely be losing a large part of ourselves. For more information about the bushmen and how to help them please contact WIMSA at www.san.org.za.
2.Games Without Frontiers
Guitars : Robin Boult
Backing vocals/harmonies : Happy Rhodes
Vocals : Bob Holroyd
3.Re-awakening the Spirits
4.The Spaces In-between
5.At The Waters Edge
Bass : Doug Sinclair
Trumpet : Kevin Robinson
6. Rafiki (Township mix )
Guitar : Robin Boult
Trumpet : Kevin Robinson
Trombone : Fayyaz Virji
Sax : Bud Beadle
7. Dreams of Olduvai
8.Without Within
Bass : Doug Sinclair
Trumpet : Kevin Robinson
9. Confluence
Guitar : Robin Boult
Percussion : Gary Hammond
Trumpet : Kevin Robinson
Trombone : Fayyaz Virji
Sax : Bud Beadle
10. Rafiki ( Sidewalk mix )
Guitar : Robin Boult
11.When The Rains Came
Trumpet : Kevin Robinson
Trombone : Fayyaz Virji
Sax : Bud Beadle
Bass : Doug Sinclair
Guitar : Robin Boult.
All tracks written and produced by Bob Holroyd
All songs published by Therest Arts/Six Degrees Music (ASCAP)
Except “Games Without Frontiers” written by Peter Gabriel published by Cliofine Ltd./ Hit & Run Music Pub. Ltd.
Horn Arrangements : Kevin Robinson.
Keyboards and samples on all tracks : Bob Holroyd.
All tracks programmed , recorded and mixed by Jerry Peal at Jerry's "Twilight Fisheries" Studio , London.
Mastered by Ken Lee at Kenneth Lee Mastering, Oakland, CA
Art direction/design by Michael Snyder
Photography : Rob Wilkinson.
Thank you once again to Jerry Peal for his patience, inspiration and technical genius, the inspired contributions from the various musicians, Jane for her love and support, Bob Duskis, Pat Berry and everybody at Six Degrees, Phil Meadley, and
everyone else who has in any way helped to bring this album to fruition.
I am the leopard
That changed its spots
For stripes
Only to be caged
For a better view
But am rarely seen
In my new home.
For more information about Bob Holroyd, please visit www.sixdegreesrecords.com and the Soundscape Music website at www.soundscapemusic.co.uk
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