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Transglobal Underground
Digging The Underground Volume One

Album UK 2016 on Nation Records label
(African, Bhangra, Dub, Folk, Hindustani, Instrumental, Leftfield, Romani, Tribal)

DIGGING THE UNDERGROUND: VOLUME ONE, THE NATION YEARS Digging The Underground Volume one, Nation Records A compilation of rare releases, unfinished remixes and never before released gems from 1991 to 1998 discovered deep down in the vaults of Transglobal Underground and Nation Records MEDICINE EAGLE During the sessions that became TGUs first album, “Dream of 100 Nations” Tuup and Bob of Loop Guru disappeared into the Euston Road for half an hour. When they returned they’d written this, which was then recorded in half an hour…and the magic of the moment was then lost for nearly 20 years till it turned up at the end of a reel of 2” tape. FEIN EL ADALA A first speculative collaboration between TGU and Natacha Atlas,with James Bond movie maestro David Arnold, who Natacha later worked with regularly. Featuring two imaginary orchestras and a kitchen sink INTERNATIONAL TIMES At least 6 versions of the title track of TGUs second album have been released in the past. Here’s another, with Heitham Al Sayed of Senser rapping. Not released at the time as it felt like so much of the moment that the moment had passed by the time the album was finished. Here is the news for 1994…it felt like this. EL HAYA GAMILLA The sessions for ‘International Times’ blurred into the sessions for Natacha Atlas’ first solo album ‘Diaspora’….this song, which fell between the cracks somewhere along the way, was the link between the two. GIANT BULLFROGS From the sessions for the fourth album ‘Rejoice Rejoice.” Coleridge puts down a transcendental rap over a re-imagining over the albums ‘Sky Giant’ groove. CALLISTO One day, A live percussion session produced a whole number of tracks based on one theme during the ‘Psychic Karaoke’ sessions. Originally released on the Nation compilation ‘Fuse 3’ MYSTERY: From the “International Times” sessions, this track featured Tuup and Natacha. Left in pieces at the time it’s been reassembled out of a number of fragments and alternate mixes. ANCESTRAL GHOSTS Another re-assemblage, this time from the sessions for the first album ‘Dream of 100 Nations’ featuring the Romanian drawl of Zahrema and the American cry of Dale Joyner SERENGETI Neil Sparkes recites, Natacha sings and Larry Whelan creates a desert wind on this previously unreleased track from the ‘Psychic Karaoke’ sessions. ARMCHAIR COWBOYS CLASH It was 3am in a dark studio and TGU were tearing the‘Psychic Karaoke’ album to pieces and throwing every device in the studio at it… PHANTASY ISLAND Another outtake from ‘Psychic Karaoke;’ session, this dub groove turned up on a couple of compilations but never on a TGU release. STEP ACROSS THE EDGE: This was the first vocal Natacha Atlas ever recorded with TGU. Her performance went so well that emerged as a new track,‘El Heddud’ in which form it appeared on ‘Dream of 100 Nations.’ The song itself was later re-recorded for the album ‘Yes Boss Food Corner.’ This version, featuring Natacha and Dale Joyner, is where it all came from.

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	Transglobal Underground , *1990 GB album by
	David Arnold key, g, *1962 GB featuring
	Natacha Atlas voc, *1964 GB vocals
	Heitham Al-Sayed voc, vocals, rap
	Coleridge voc, djm, rap
	Dale Joyner voc, vocals
	Zahrema voc, vocals

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