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Break The Soil
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| Mt. Nebo Records |
| 2006 |
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Musicians & Credits
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Brotherhood - Jalani Horton
Music Composed by T. Lion, A. Llanos, J. James & W.
Pedersen II (Bambú Station Music)
Drums & Percussion - Andy Llanos / Bass - Warren
Pedersen II
Guitar - Tuff Lion / Vocals - Jalani Horton / Keys -
Jamal James
Recorded @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J.
Horton Additional Tracking @ The Station, St. Thomas,
V.I. Engineer: Andy Llanos |
| 01. |
Beloved People - Jalani Horton Music composed
by Tuff Lion & Jalani Horton (Bambú Station Music) Drums
- Andy Llanos / Bass - Tuff Lion / Guitar - Swann
Richardson Backing Vocals - D. Anadi Thomas & Kojo
Johnson Lead & Backing Vocals, Percussion & Keys -
Jalani Horton Recorded @ The Outpost Studio, Hampton,
VA. Engineer: Tuff Lion Additional Tracking @ The
Station, St. Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J. Horton |
| 02. |
I Rememba - Jalani Horton Music Composed W.
Pedersen II, J. Horton, A. Llanos, J. James & T. Lion (Bambú
Station Music) Drums - Andy Llanos / Bass & Saxophone -
Warren Pedersen II Keys - Jamal James / Guitar - Tuff
Lion / Vocals - Jalani Horton Recorded @ The Station,
St. Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J. Horton |
| 03. |
Sense Enemy - Jalani Horton Music Composed by
Jalani Horton & Warren Pedersen II (Bambú Station Music)
Drums - Andy Llanos / Bass - Warren Pedersen II / Guitar
- Tuff Lion Melodica, Keys & Vocals - Jalani Horton
Recorded @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J.
Horton |
| 04. |
Chance To Grow - J. Horton / J.A. Vanterpool
Music Composed by Jalani Horton & Warren Pedersen II (Bambú
Station Music) Drums - Phillip Merchant, Jr. / Bass -
Warren Pedersen II Lead & Backing Vocals - Reemah
Vanterpool / Lead Guitar - "Abijah" Hicks Riddim Guitar,
Keys & Lead & Backing Vocals - Jalani Horton Recorded @
The Station, St. Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J. Horton
Additional Tracking @ Backyard Studio, St. Croix, V.I.
Engineer: Phillip Merchant, Jr. |
| 05. |
King Baby - Jalani Horton Music Composed by
Jalani Horton (Bug Sounds) Drums - Andy Llanos / Bass -
Warren Pedersen II / Organ & Keys - Jamal James Guitar &
Backing Vocals - Tuff Lion / Piano & Lead & Backing
Vocals - Jalani Horton Recorded @ The Out House, St.
Croix, V.I. Engineer: Safron Mason Additional Tracking @
The Outpost, Hampton, VA. Engineer: Tuff Lion |
| 06. |
Who? (Litany of Liars) - Jalani Horton Music
Composed by A. Llanos, W. Pedersen II & J. Horton (Bambú
Station Music) Drums & Backing Vocals - Andy Llanos /
Bass - Warren Pedersen II Keys - Jamal James / Guitar &
Backing Vocals - Tuff Lion Kete & Lead & Backing Vocals
- Jalani Horton Recorded @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I.
Engineer: J. Horton Additional Tracking @ The Outpost
Studio, Hampton, VA. Engineer: Tuff Lion |
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Bird's I View - Jalani Horton Music Composed
by Jalani Horton (Bug Sounds) Drums, Percussion &
Backing Vocals - Andy Llanos / Piano - Jamal James Bass
& Saxophone - Warren Pedersen II / Guitars & Backing
Vocals - Tuff Lion Keys & Lead & Backing Vocals - Jalani
Horton Recorded @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I.
Engineer: J. Horton |
| 08. |
Sing Upright - Jalani Horton Music Composed
by A. Llanos, T. Lion & J. Horton (Bambú Station Music)
Drums - Andy Llanos / Bass - Warren Pedersen II Guitars
& Backing Vocals - Tuff Lion / Keys, Lead & Backing
Vocals - Jalani Horton Backing Vocals - Kojo Johnson &
D. Anadi Thomas Recorded @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I.
Engineer: J. Horton Additional Tracking @ The Outpost,
Hampton, VA. Engineer: Tuff Lion |
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I Sing Prayses - Jalani Horton Music Composed
by Tuff Lion & Jalani Horton (Bambú Station Music) Drums
& Percussion - Andy Llanos / Bass - Tuff Lion / Piano &
Vocals - Jalani Horton Guitar - Warren Pedersen II /
Keys & Melodica - Jamal James Recorded @ The Outpost
Studio, Hampton, VA. Engineer: Tuff Lion Additional
Tracking @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I. Engineer: A.
Llanos & J. Horton |
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New World Order - Jalani Horton Music
Composed by Jalani Horton (Bug Sounds) Drums, Percussion
& Bass - Andy Llanos / Electric Piano - Paul Crimi Slide
Guitar & Backing Vocals - Tuff Lion / Lead & Backing
Vocals - Jalani Horton Recorded @ The Station, St.
Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J. Horton |
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Dem Say So - Jalani Horton Music Composed by
Tuff Lion & Warren Pedersen II (VIVAH Music) Drums -
Andy Llanos / Bass - Warren Pedersen II / Guitar - Tuff
Lion Talking Drum & Bylophone - Nana Frimpong / Vocals &
Keys - Jalani Horton Recorded @ The Station, St. Thomas,
V.I. Engineer: J. Horton |
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Halle-lu-Yah - Jalani Horton Music Composed
by W. Pedersen II, J. James, T. Lion & J. Horton (Bambú
Station Music) Drums & Backing Vocals - Andy Llanos /
Bass - Warren Pedersen II Keys - Jamal James / Lead
Guitar & Backing Vocals - Tuff Lion Riddim Guitar & Lead
& Backing Vocals - Jalani Horton Recorded @ Godel
Studio, Dimona, Israel. Engineer: Rahm Ben Elicahz
Additional Tracking @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I.
Engineer: J. Horton |
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Injoy - Jalani Horton Music Composed by Andy
Llanos & Jalani Horton (Bambú Station Music) Drums &
Backing Vocals - Andy Llanos / Bass - Warren Pedersen II
Organ - Jamal James / Guitars & Backing Vocals - Tuff
Lion Keys, Kete & Lead & Backing Vocals - Jalani Horton
Recorded @ The Out House, St. Croix, V.I. Engineer:
Safron Mason Additional Tracking @ The Station, St.
Thomas, V.I. Engineer: J. Horton |
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Liner Notes
Executive Producer: The Most High Jah
Produced by Jalani Horton, Tuff Lion & Andy Llanos
Graphic Design & Layout by Mark Milligan II
Mastered @ Rufftone Studio, St. Croix, V.I.
Mixed @ The Station, St. Thomas, V.I.
Mastered by Swann Richardson
Mixed by Jalani Horton
All songs composed, arranged, written & performed by
Bambú Station.
"Chance To Grow" co-written by J. Arema Vanterpool.
*Recording Studios & Engineers listed on lyric sheet.
Livication: Mrs. Betty Parrott - Mother to thousands,
symbolizing sacrifice, hope, & full love. Mr. Clement
"Sir Coxsone" Dodd - Pioneer. Innovator. Reggae. Mr.
Nick "Daddy" Friday - Virgin Islands musical icon &
Calypsonian extroadinaire. Ms. Pearl B. Callwood - V.I.
Quadrille master, culture preserver & feminist pioneer.
Suggested Readings & Viewings: "Quitting America" by
Randall Robinson
"The Complete Encyclopedia of Natural Healing" by Gary
Null
"What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy" a video by
Frank Dorrell
"Life & Debt" a film by Stephanie Black /
www.lifeanddebt.org
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Roots Music:
Bambú Station, with the accent on
the u, has released their second full album on their own
label. The band from the U.S. Virgin Islands has been
recording with their current band members since 2000 and
has already released a string of albums on their Mt Nebo
Records label. Some are compilations and some are full
albums for singers but the albums are always produced by
Bambú Station and feature the core members as backing
band. -
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Jah Works:
What you may wonder about “Break the Soil” is
whether Bambú Station breaks new ground. Well, no, they
don’t; this album comes from the same piece of mother
earth as “One Day,” their first outing. That is to say
it is roots reggae of a particularly deep and fertile
kind, featuring the fine musicianship and production
genius of Jalani Horton, Tuff Lion, Andy Lanos and the
rest of the Mt. Nebo crew. It even boasts the
predictably handsome design work of Mark “Feijão”
Mulligan II. So it’s not remarkably different, just
remarkably good.
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Reggae Guide:
For those of you who know Bambu
Station you don’t need me to tell you how impressive
their previous release, ‘One Day’ was. This time around
it's clear that the band have grown and developed their
style further. ‘Break The Soil’ is eclectic,
experimental, spiritual and simply outstanding.
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Reggae Vibes:
Bambú Station, along with alot of
other artists hailing from the Virgin Islands including
Midnite, Abja, Dezarie and Army, keep the torch of roots
music, that was kindled way back in the seventies,
burning. The band's work is the deepest of the deep
Reggae music and is as good if not better than anything
coming from Jamaica produced in the aforementioned era.
Their previous album, "One Day", is a great set which
was rightly received with critical acclaim when it hit
the streets in 2003. Three years after the release of
that album, the band has unleashed a brand new
collection of songs entitled "Break The Soil", and we
can assure you that the long wait has been worthwhile!
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Reggae Reviews:
"Every situation is a chance to grow," sings
Jalanai Horton. The first four songs on "Break the Soil"
make it clear that Bambu Station has grown more
experimental and eclectic since its classic album One
Day. "The music is more expansive and more
richly-textured than on One Day, with no drop off in
quality or consistency. Simply put, this album is
massive, and not to be missed.
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