Kumba Mela Experiment - 2001 - East of the River Ganges

Artist....: Kumba Mela Experiment

Title.....: East of the river Ganges

Rel. Date.: 2001

Type/Genre: Electronic

Size......: 92mb

Format....: mp3

Bitrate...: 192



1 Kumba Mela Experiment, The East Of The River Ganges (Mango In My Flute Mix) (12:35)

Mixed By, Engineer - Boris Sass

Percussion - Dub Judah

Producer, Mixed By, Engineer, Flute, Bass, Guitar - Youth

Vocals - Brother Culture , J.M.A.M

Vocals [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin

Written-By, Keyboards - Tim Bran

Written-By, Shenai - Kadir Durrish*

Written-By, Sitar - Wadada

Written-by, Other [Deckjockey] - Alex Paterson

2 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Elephant Trax (Hammer To The Nail Dub) (10:15)

Mixed By, Engineer - Boris Sass

Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Keyboards - Youth

Vocals - Brother Culture , Louve

Vocals [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin

Voice [Spoken Word] - Tudor (2)

Written-By - Alex Paterson , Tim Bran

Written-By, Shenai - Kadir Durrish*

Written-By, Sitar - Wadada

3 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Cleaning Fluid (Druids, Dreads And Sadhus Mix) (10:57)

Mixed By, Engineer - Boris Sass

Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Keyboards - Youth

Written-By - Tim Bran

Written-By, Shenai - Kadir Durrish*

Written-By, Sitar - Wadada

Written-By, Vocals - Brother Culture

Written-By, Vocals, Featuring - Uri Geller

Written-by [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin

4 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Spiritual Journey (Mothers Milk Edit) (3:53)

Mixed By, Engineer - Boris Sass

Producer, Mixed By - Youth

Voice [Spoken Word] - Henry Of Rawlingson

Written-By, Producer, Mixed By - Alex Paterson

Written-By, Vocals - Brother Culture

Written-by [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin

5 Kumba Mela Experiment, The The Kumba Mela (Himalayan Dub) (7:54)

Producer, Music By - Youth

Written-By - Wadada

Written-By, Producer, Engineer, Music By - Yoad Nevo

6 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Feat. Uri Geller Life After Death (Glass Key Dub) (5:20)

Keyboards - Wandala & Shani

Producer [Additional], Engineer - Boris Sass

Producer, Engineer - Youth

Written-By - Kadir Durrish* , Uri Geller , Wadada

Written-By, Producer, Mixed By, Engineer, Keyboards - Nigel Walton

7 Kumba Mela Experiment, The That Which I Could Only Sense (Phoenix Dub) (4:22)

Mixed By, Engineer - Boris Sass

Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Guitar - Youth

Producer, Mixed By, Engineer - Noo Dream*

Sitar - Shariah

Vocals - Brother Culture

Vocals [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin

Written-By - Kadir Durrish* , Wadada

Written-By, Keyboards - Darren Evans

8 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Interstellar Hiss (Sky Is On Fire Dub) (7:04)

Engineer - Boris Sass

Engineer, Programmed By, Keyboards - Yoad Nevo

Producer, Engineer, Programmed By, Keyboards, Bass - Youth

Voice [Spoken Word] - Jannie H.

Written-By - Klaus Schulze

Written-by, Producer, Keyboards [Moog], Voice [Spoken Word] - Brian Barritt

9 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Be Conscious (On Namai And Shiveye Mix) (4:04)

Featuring, Vocals - Suns Of Arqa

Producer, Featuring, Vocals - She Shiva Sellase Sound System

Programmed By - Nick Manasseh*

Written-By - Kadir Durrish* , Nick Raphael , Wadada

Written-By, Programmed By, Keyboards - James Style

Written-By, Vocals - Brother Culture

Written-by [Credited To], Vocals [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin

10 Kumba Mela Experiment, The Feat. Great, Late T. McK., The* Outro (Don't Want To Lose Your Love Dub Edit) (0:29)

Featuring - Great, Late T. McK., The*

Producer, Engineer - Youth

Written-By, Producer - Alex Paterson , Brother Culture

Written-by [Credited To], Vocals [Credited To] - Simon Fajemisin



Ahh yes, Ethno-Ambient-Trance-Dub-Groove™.

How else to describe this extremely satisfying exploration into the space where electricity meets organics to produce consciousness, featuring players from The Orb, Suns of Arqa, Tangerine Dream, Dreadzone & even psychic fruitcake Uri Geller?



If you're a Dub fan, you MUST have this cd. The quality of production and vision are outstanding. Originally created as a soundtrack for a documentary about the Kumba Mela [at times the largest gathering of humans in one place at one time on the entire planet, visible from space as a big brown dot...] the album has reached many more people than the film itself.



With the vigorous pumping of hardcore basslines under ethereal ambiences, the Kumba Mela promises to take you to the actual event in your mind... as long as you hold that tab of acid on your tongue for ten more minutes before it completely dissolves.



Was there anyone wearing those stupid pen-light shades with accompanying glow stick, dropping shrooms at this past Kumba Mela? I doubt it, but tracks like "Interstellar Hiss (Sky Is On Fire Dub)" and title track "East of the River Ganges (Mango In My Flute Mix)" make it seem as if there were. I remember the last time a Mango Was In My Flute, it tickled and burned a bit at the same time.



"That Which I Could Only Sense (Phoenix Dub)" showcases this ensembles's clean Dub sensibilities as does "The Kumba Mela (Himalayan Dub)." The only drawback to this ride is the utterly useless "Outro (Don't Want To Loose Your Love Dub Edit)," which sounds as if it's going to go somewhere then fades out after twenty nine seconds... perhaps they Dub-Edited a tad much on that one... No, you didn't loose my love, yo.