Desert, by Obeah

Desert

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“Without Transglobal Underground these Balkan dubs would have not gained a socio-political depth. Tim and Hami have given my songs and versions a DNA strain that offers context and meaning in the Eastern EU landscape.

Without their knowledge of the area and inventiveness, this record would have lacked a special Balkan dark poetry spiced with amazing undead bass and explosions of cumbia, Italian and French folk plus superb plunderphonics.” Obeah

Tim Whelan and Hamid Mantu are composers, producers, and multi-instrumentists in the notorious global fusion electronica anarchy London-based collective, Transglobal Underground. The music collective is specialized in a fusion of western, Asian, and African music styles and since 1991 they have been releasing a glorious selection of beats, dub, dancehall, acid house, drum ‘n’ bass, oriental fusion, bhangra, funk, and hip-hop.

The group featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer and their debut single ‘Temple Head,’ championed by John Peel, is still a heavy 90s anthem. In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music, after the release of their seventh album, Moonshout. Formed by Hamid Mantu, Count Dubulah and Tim Whelan in 1990, the band expanded into a collective of musical collaborators creating eclectic journeys with each album released: Dream of 100 Nations, International Times, Psychic Karaoke, Impossible Broadcasting, and even collaborations with the Albanian folklore group Fanfara Tirana Meets Transglobal Underground - Kabatronics.

Tim Whelan and Hamid Mantu are hailing from West London and were also previously members of British 80’s band Furniture and had played with the experimental psychedelic art-punk group the Transmitters. While with Furniture, both musicians began bringing in more culturally-diverse instrumentation to the conventional rock band format. Their connection with Romania and Transylvania was forged in the Ceaucescu era, as they toured the communist country in 1988 and performed in major cities such as Cluj, Brașov, Sibiu, and Bucharest.

Their last albums the Walls Have Ears and A Gathering of Strangers are pan-European projects recorded in London, Prague, Budapest, and Sofia.

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released February 3, 2022

Transglobal Underground – production, mixing & mastering
Horseman – drums
Tim Whelan – keys, sounds
Hamid Mantu – percussion, sounds
Lil Obeah – vocals, lyrics, samples, concepts
Collage and Art Direction by Cristiana Bucureci

Special thanks to Stanciu “Punct” Daniel (Obeah vocals)
Special thanks to Nick Page Dubulah aka Dub Colossus

Mastered by Marius Costache at Studio148

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Obeah Bucharest, Romania

Transylvanian artist

Ethereal vocals and poems

Haunting, spooky & dark sounds

Contact andrei@creionetica.ro

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