In Pursuit of Shashamane Land

African Head Charge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 1994)
• Original Release Date: June 9, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Restless Records/On U Sound
• ASIN: B000003BKB
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,036 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Heading to Glory

2. Pursuit

3. One Destination

4. No, Don't Follow Fashion

5. Animal Law

6. Learning

7. Fever Pitch

8. Somebody Touch I

9. Mama Shante Garden

10. On the Off Beat

11. Fever Pitch [Raw Cut]

12. No, Don't Follow Fashion

13. Kumasse

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing mix of modern tribal funk and chant!, December 14, 2000

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Anthropomorph (Moab, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Pursuit of Shashamane Land (Audio CD)

Mind-blowing percussions, ominous deep grooves, eerie rythms and killer chanting (often by children!) is only a brief description of the type of sounds that emanate from AHC. I've owned this disk and Songs of Praise for years and their vibes are timeless. Check out Heading to Glory, Pursuit, and Animal Law, for strong tribal intensity or try One Destination, Somebody Touch I, Mama Shante Garden or Kumasee for a slightly more traditional Caribbean sound. Overall, a very strong cd.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let the spirits touch you, August 9, 2002

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Dusan Zaric (Haddonfield, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shashamane Land in Pursuit of (Audio CD)

This recording from AHC is not what you would categorize as roots reggae, but it's not dub either. However, this is the case with every single On-U Sound release. Although a lot more polished than My Life In The Hole In the Ground, this CD still has the power to exorcise the demons out of you by its chants, rhythms and sonic guitars. A masterpiece.

3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars In pursuit of what?, August 6, 2002

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Adjua Dubb "rootsdawta" (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Pursuit of Shashamane Land (Audio CD)

I tried to like this CD I really did, it seemed the hype is what sold me on it. ON U Sound's AHC, is at best a hybrid of things, but roots reggae is not their forte. They seem to walk a fine line of ambient dub, nyabinghi sounds and chants. However, with all that fine mixing, I still felt no real depth to In Pursuit.
It sounded like alot of tribal mix matching with splashes of reggae in it. Not exactly classic material here.