Recorded live at a week long Nyabingi ceremony in the Trelawney Hills in 1982

Sure DUB production can add atmosphere to a recording, as can electric instruments and great singing and so on, but this is the real deal. Very few roots recordings come anywhere near the mood of spiritual devotion found here.

This is the real deal, it's not for outside consumption and it doesn't care if you don't like it. This record is basically a field recording of an actual Nyabinghi ritual and as such is probably one of the most authentic Jamaican record you could hear. Now authenticity is of course not necessarily the same thing as quality but it usually is and in this case it definitely is.

This is fantastic it is not really music in the proper sense. This is devotional material with musical qualities. Do not expect Count Ossie, the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari or Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus all of whom are primarily musicians rather than spiritual figures or worshipers. This material was recorded live at a week long Nyabingi ceremony in the Trelawney Hills in 1982. It was occasioned by a visit from American president Reagan to jamaica which inspired titles such as
"White Boy a Follower" and "Keep Cool Babylon." This is the real gritty and intense.

The Nyabingi chants on this album provide a rare opportunity to appreciate the righteous anger and dread indignation which fuels the creative energies of Rastafari. These chants were recorded at a Nyabingi held on the occasion of Ronald Reagans 1982 visit to Jamaica; the session lasted for seven days. While the President of the United States was carrying out the affairs of state and enjoying the accolades of establishment Jamaica, the hills of upper Trelawney, on the fringe of the famed Cockpit Country, were ringing with the sound of the Nyabingi drum while the Rastafari Judgment FIYAH BLAZED through the night. Churchical Chants of the Nyabingi presents for the first time on compact disc redemption songs of the Nyabingi.

Enjoy.!


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