Drastic Season
by African Head Charge
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1983
- Label: On-U Sound
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 43:14
- Community rating: 3.84/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Crocodile, Evar Wellington, Style Scott, Martin Frederix, Kishi Yamamoto, Steve Beresford, Mus'come
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Masterminded by dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood, this third studio release aggressively pushes traditional Jamaican rhythms into a dense, heavily industrialized soundscape. 'Drastic Season' utilizes violently manipulated tape delays, metallic clatter, and immense, subterranean basslines provided by a rotating cast of virtuoso session players. The intensely psychedelic, chaotic production firmly established the project at the vanguard of the highly experimental On-U Sound label roster.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, noisy, dance, party, percussive, droning, experimental, instrumental, distorted
Tracklist
- Timbuktu Express (4:37)
- I Want Water (6:04)
- Bazaar (5:09)
- African Hedge Hog (5:38)
- Depth Charge (4:05)
- Fruit Market (5:03)
- Snake In The Hole (5:18)
- Many Generations (7:17)
Credits
- African Head Charge - primary artist
- Evar Wellington - bass, written-by
- Crocodile - bass, effects [sounds]
- Steve Beresford - bass, flugelhorn, written-by
- Style Scott - drums
- Mus'come - drums, percussion [electric]
- Martin Frederix - guitar, bass
- Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah - percussion [various percussions], congas, bongos, drum [big drum], friction drum, percussion [fish], cabasa [cabassa], percussion [kitchen pans, etc]