Aray
ARC (in conjunction with Aray) has just produced three CDs with new specifically composed World music (World Dialogue Sounds). These form part of the Nurturing ARC Series. A collection of some music, speeches and other writings concerning the ARC.
see www.arcuk.org music
Some ARC Voices Remix Instrumental - sample
Some ARC Voices was the result of the vibes at the time of recording the vocals. I like the way it turned out especially as me and Djigui composed it from scratch in one session. These were some of the ideas going through my head. I kept on thinking about 'Voices in the Wilderness'; it’s the name of a peace organisation you know. And all the reasons people had given me for not supporting ARC, such as the fear many have. I wanted to end on a positive, happy note. I hope people can dance to it and find it uplifting.
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Some ARC Voices - sample
Some ARC Voices was the result of the vibes at the time of recording the vocals. I like the way it turned out especially as me and Djigui composed it from scratch in one session. These were some of the ideas going through my head. I kept on thinking about 'Voices in the Wilderness'; it’s the name of a peace organisation you know. And all the reasons people had given me for not supporting ARC, such as the fear many have. I wanted to end on a positive, happy note. I hope people can dance to it and find it uplifting.
[ tags: ] [ genres: world *none* ] [ info: mp3 ccbysa2.0 ]
Spider and Fly Dub2
The Spider and The Fly was recorded in 1994. As I had it lying around doing nothing I though I would include it. Bwoy it was hard to find someone to convert it from DAT tape to CD. I wrote and recorded it when I was playing carnival mas with a band called Coffee boys and Girls who played The Spider and The Fly mas that year. Vamps the engineer kept on complaining its too long, no one would play it; hence why the most appropriate verse to this CD is not included ' The African Chief and the Arms Trader '. I even re-wrote a shorter version, but did not like it. Also it has a great dance to go with it, which we lost some of somewhere along the line. I hope people will construct their own verses to it; It's one of life's important lessons."
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Spider and the Fly sample
The Spider and The Fly was recorded in 1994. As I had it lying around doing nothing I though I would include it. Bwoy it was hard to find someone to convert it from DAT tape to CD. I wrote and recorded it when I was playing carnival mas with a band called Coffee boys and Girls who played The Spider and The Fly mas that year. Vamps the engineer kept on complaining its too long, no one would play it; hence why the most appropriate verse to this CD is not included ' The African Chief and the Arms Trader '. I even re-wrote a shorter version, but did not like it. Also it has a great dance to go with it, which we lost some of somewhere along the line. I hope people will construct their own verses to it; It's one of life's important lessons."
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Blodd Run Done Intl Year
Blood Run Done; Cease, Now Peace was born in Jamaica when attending the funeral of my uncle who was brutally murdered in cold blood. It’s a summary of many of the conversations I had with people in Jamaica that I wrote in a letter to the Gleaner newspaper; to clear my head; so I could get some sleep. Despite some errors and broken English in it; I kept to the original letter on the CD. I have developed some other ideas around the slogan; Blood Run Done; Cease, Now Peace; such as applying it internationally and calling for a whole year cease-fire. This track is very personal as I remember sitting with my uncle's daughter after the funeral; and she crying for her father; and asking a question none of us could answer. She is a Doctor, working in a hospital, treating gun men like those who murdered her father, how is she going to continue caring for them? I made a vow that his death would not be in vain, and I see Blood Run Done; Cease, Now Peace as the fulfilment of my promise.
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Blood Run Done - Origins
Blood Run Done; Cease, Now Peace was born in Jamaica when attending the funeral of my uncle who was brutally murdered in cold blood. It’s a summary of many of the conversations I had with people in Jamaica that I wrote in a letter to the Gleaner newspaper; to clear my head; so I could get some sleep. Despite some errors and broken English in it; I kept to the original letter on the CD. I have developed some other ideas around the slogan; Blood Run Done; Cease, Now Peace; such as applying it internationally and calling for a whole year cease-fire. This track is very personal as I remember sitting with my uncle's daughter after the funeral; and she crying for her father; and asking a question none of us could answer. She is a Doctor, working in a hospital, treating gun men like those who murdered her father, how is she going to continue caring for them? I made a vow that his death would not be in vain, and I see Blood Run Done; Cease, Now Peace as the fulfilment of my promise.
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ARC Introduction and Resolution
"ARC Introduction and Resolution is just my shortest standard introduction to ARC with the full resolution which governs ARC. To me the music is haunting and makes it sound like a deep and powerful warning
World Dialogue Sounds, created in 2004 by an African (Djigui Diabate from the Ivory Coast) and an Afro Caribbean (Karl Miller from Jamaica) , is a fusion of Revival Reggae, Jazz, World Music, Drum and Bass, Easy Listening, Rhythm and Blues (R&B), Soul, Tribal, Ethnic, Instrumental and Speech Rap genres. It is optimised for speech (but presents an excellent medium for singing, rapping and toasting) by removing some distracting and overbearing sounds. Created with modern computer software, it features simple loops of many instruments that require an orchestra or a large band for fine live rendition. The sounds generate soothing, sad, groovy and even party moods. The instrumentals are rich in variety of sound and can be used for discos, background music, sound effects, film moods creation or just chilling.
Read Aray Interview on ARC CDs - 4 Oct 04
see http://www.arcuk.org/pages/aray_interview.htm
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