Lingo

by Almamegretta

Lingo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 January 1998
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 54:34
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Neapolitan band Almamegretta built 'Lingo' on dub and drum and bass rhythms under Italian and Neapolitan-language singing. Trip hop and illbient textures connect it to the 1990s Italian dub underground.

Genres

Descriptors: dance, rhythmic, percussive, groove-laden, a-cappella

Tracklist

  1. Gramigna (5:00)
  2. Rootz (4:57)
  3. 47 (5:35)
  4. Black Athena (4:06)
  5. Ni帽as (5:19)
  6. Berberia (2:37)
  7. Fatmah (4:19)
  8. En-Sof (5:49)
  9. Suonno (7:44)
  10. Respiro (4:45)
  11. Fratelli (0:27)
  12. Untitled (3:56)

Credits

  • Count Dubulah - programmed by [additional], bass, guitar
  • Bill Laswell - written-by, bass, bass [live]
  • Dave Watts - written-by, vocals [rhymes], backing vocals
  • Eraldo Bernocchi - written-by, guitar
  • Julianna - vocals [rhymes]
  • Dre Love - vocals [rhymes]
  • Gino Evangelista - flute, oud
  • Tommaso Vittorini - conductor [strings]

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