Label: Akuphone

1950年代初頭から80年代後半までの珍しいグローバルポップ及びフォークミュージックに焦点を当てたリリースを行うフランスAkuphone。ムスリムガーゼことブリン・ジョーンズの音楽と出会い10代で最初のバンドを結成、その後氏とスプリット作を発表する等国際的に知られる音楽家へと成長していくスコットランド出身の音楽家The Rootsman。本作は氏の個人録音中でも初期の部類に入る1996年~98年までの録音を纏めたものであり、北アフリカ及び中東のリズムを軸とした図太いトライバルビート、ダブ、ダウンテンポなど多彩なアプローチが聴けます。このレーベルが作品化するのも納得の一枚。







Stamped and hand-numbered official CDr (50 only).
Comes with insert.

Akuphone is pleased to present the first compilation dedicated to musician John Bolloten, aka The Rootsman. As a precocious punk, he formed his first band, State Oppression, in his teens. Yet he is best known for his dub music, a genre that gave him international recognition. Largely influenced by the rhythms of North Africa and the Middle East, he built his musical identity around samples from these regional repertoires. His encounter with Bryn Jones — better known as Muslimgauze — further defined his artistic path.

This selection offers an overview of his work from 1996 to 1998, a prolific period when Into The Light, 52 Days To Timbuktu, Union Of Souls (with Celtarabia) and Distant Voices (with Pachakuti) were released. A visionary production that predicted today’s growing international predilection for the musical heritage of the MENA regions. The compilation is enriched with an explanatory preface by Mabrouk Hosni Ibn Aleya and illustrated with rare archival photos— all of which are contained in a superb jacket designed by the artist Ghiya Haydar.