My Life in a Hole in the Ground

by African Head Charge

My Life in a Hole in the Ground cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: On-U Sound
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:50
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Doctor Pablo, Mus'come, "Deadly" Headley Bennett, George Oban, Tony Wrafter, King Cry Cry, Michael Williams, Crocodile, Lizard, Adrian Maxwell, Stebeni, Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, Peter Stroud, John Waddington, Mr. Magoo, Style Scott, Crucial Tony

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Spearheaded by Adrian Sherwood, the debut album from African Head Charge was conceived as a direct response to Brian Eno's 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'. The project merges dense tape manipulation and extremely heavy dub production with traditional African percussion, resulting in a profoundly hypnotic, incredibly tribal, and wildly psychedelic avant-garde masterwork.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, repetitive, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Elastic Dance (3:58)
  2. Family Doctoring (4:20)
  3. Stebeni's Theme (3:34)
  4. The Race (Part 1) (3:36)
  5. Crocodile Shoes (3:13)
  6. Stone Chant (4:16)
  7. Far Away Chant (4:04)
  8. Primal One Drop (3:33)
  9. Hole In The Roof (3:13)

Credits

More from African Head Charge: full discography