Recommended if you like Talking Heads, Squarepusher, Beck, Brian Eno, Queen, Breakbeat/Turntablism, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def
Recorded in Spooky Electric Studios
Mixed in Spooky Electric and TheFunk Vault
Tracks Mastered in Abbey Road Studios & The Funk Vault
Artwork by AntKnee and Crack15
Mixes by Glen Nichols except J5+6 - mixed by AntKnee, mastered at Abbey Road Studios
Graf artist Crack15 from London did the drongomala logo and cartoon illustration. Other artwork by AntKnee.
Available now on CDBaby and elsewhere (Amazon, iTunes, Napster etc) by Aug 2011
This record is one of those ones thats picked up a lot of time and place before getting finished.
Written, arranged and performed by Drongomala across multiple spookyelectric studios and over many years 'This Is the Way' is the longest burner for Drongomala's past records.
The albums first title was originally to be called 'Some Khunt Nicked all my Sh*t' in reference to a break-in that saw earlier versions of the songs stolen by sm*ckheads in a laptop smash and grab. Not to be thwharted Drongomala calmly put out a record with latin tangueos from Buenos Aires, released a Hindu devotional album in memory of his dead friend and put out the single, Garden With You, for this forthcoming album.
"Record making isn't always a linear process. I sometimes have lots going on at the same time and being started first doesn't mean that they are finished first. Looking at the filedates for the songs on this record i see them go back as far as 1995 - that's at least 3 countries, 5 albums and 6 studio setups ago.
IT's
It's Jackson Pollock renting a shed next to Parliament Funkadelic
It's William Burroughs standing in the hall with three radios on in different rooms.
It's recursive archaeology and imrpovisation in a mobieus band shape.
It's high and low art swapping shoes and sharing a packed lunch.
It's harmonically delicious with a blend of raga sensitivity, rock and electronic monoism
It's turntablism opera remix improv.
It's a straight up four-to-the-floor dance and kung fu off-beats.
Zeitgeist Orchestra Members
TheCreos - turntables on Save Ur Breath. TheCreos first worked with Drongomala on the Elemental record.
Dawn Joseph - a fantastic lead singer lends her lush backing vocals for this record.
Juice Aleem - rap on SYB and NOT remixes. Prolific Brummy and leading figure in the UK Hip Hop scene. Always playing - see him.
Jerome Huxley - trombone on SYB, NOT, TITW. Check out his killer brass band called Brass Roots
This record is one of those ones thats picked up a lot of time and place before getting finished.
