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01. SUNS OF ARQA - Acid Tabla
02. SUNS OF ARQA - World Peace, A Dream?
03. SUNS OF ARQA - Scully's Reel
04. SUNS OF ARQA - Bali Citra
05. SUNS OF ARQA - Scully's Jig
06. SUNS OF ARQA - Piece of the World
07. SUNS OF ARQA - Acid Tabla Dub
08. SUNS OF ARQA - Ananta Snake Dance
09. SUNS OF ARQA - Return of the Mozabites
10. SUNS OF ARQA - Sanaiscara Saturn
11. SUNS OF ARQA - Paintings of a Cave
12. SUNS OF ARQA - Asian Rebel (Hyphen Dub)
13. SUNS OF ARQA - Sanaiscara Saturn (Hyphen Edit)
14. SUNS OF ARQA - Acid Tabla (Hyphen Edit)
ARTIST
TITLE
Revenge Of The Mozabites
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CVSD 037CD CVSD 037CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/17/2017

Corbett Vs. Dempsey present a reissue of Suns Of Arqa's Revenge Of The Mozabites, originally released on Rocksteady Records in 1980. One of the key ensembles in the history of what is now referred to as world music, Suns Of Arqa began in 1979 with Revenge Of The Mozabites, the brainchild of Michael Wadada. With a ground base of dub -- in both aesthetic and method -- made palpable by master dub rhythm section of Style Scott on drums and Lizard Logan on bass, and produced in tandem with future On-U Sound maestro Adrian Sherwood, Wadada built an incredibly eclectic and imaginative program, touching on flamenco and Irish music, as well as a Suns Of Arqa touchstone, the intersection of Indian music and dub reggae. The results are unlike anything heretofore heard, and Revenge Of The Mozabites remains one of the unsung classics of hybrid musicality to emerge from the post-punk ethos, having exerted an unexamined influence on British music in the '80s. Upon finding a copy of the ultra-rare original LP in 1982, for instance, Peter Gabriel promptly booked Suns Of Arqa to the first WOMAD festival. This release marks the first time any of Suns Of Arqa's music has been released in the US, and Revenge Of The Mozabites is restored to its original glory, with the packaging as it was in 1979, additional photos of the band, and three bonus tracks -- dubs and edits from Hyphen --, everything remastered from original tapes. Recorded in 1979 at Berry Street Studio, London and Cargo Studio, Rochdale. Personnel: Michael Wadada - esraj, sitar; Style Scott - drums; Lizard Logan - bass; Kalu Zeria - table; Aziz Zeria - harmonium; Big Red - violin; Bubblers - piano; Mothmen - cuica, percussion; Maria Aiawa - vocals; Mark Stone - flamenco guitar; I. Green - bassoon; Tony Sullivan - banjo; Moot Beret - Chinese shawm.