Big Blue Ball
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Various Artists
Big Blue Ball
[ Real World / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 21 July 2008
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'Big Blue Ball' is an ongoing collaboration shepherded by Peter Gabriel, World Party leader Karl Wallinger, and producer Stephen Hague.
The basic tracks for these 11 songs were recorded at Peter's Real World studios between 1991 & 1995, during week-long sessions with special guests, including Sinead O'Connor; Tim Finn; Marta Sebestyen; Papa Wemba; Jah Wobble; gospel group the Holmes Brothers; members of Living Colour; Afro Celt Sound System; and dozens of other American, European, Asian & African musicians.
Pieced together & remixed in the 13 years following the last of these sessions, 'Big Blue Ball' still sounds primarily like a Gabriel & Wallinger collaboration, with those singer-songwriters' eclectic sensibilities prevailing, although the guest singers + musicians are fully represented as well.
Says Peter, "It's a fine wine ready to be drunk. It was the most fun music making I've ever had. I'd love to do it again."
Tracks:
1. Whole Thing [Original Mix] 5:27
2. Habibe 7:12
3. Shadow 4:27
4. Altus Silva 6:07
5. Exit Through You 5:52
6. Everything Comes from You 4:42
7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 4:30
8. Forest 6:16
9. Rivers 5:44
10. Jijy 3:59
11. Big Blue Ball 4:52
Participants:
Wael Abu Bakr -- Strings
Justin Adams -- Guitar / Background Vocals
Paul Allen -- Guitar
Reddy Amisi -- Background Vocals
Joseph Arthur -- Guitar / Vocals
Natacha Atlas -- Vocals
Francis Bebey -- Flute
Tchad Blake -- Organ / Bass / Drums / Harmonium
David Bottrill -- Engineer
Ronan Browne -- Uillean Pipes
Laurent Coatalen -- Bongos
Billy Cobham -- Drums
Popsy Dixon -- Background Vocals
Noël Ekwabi -- Bass
Adel Eskander -- Strings
Richard Evans -- Guitar / Mandolin / Recorder / Engineer
Alexis Faku -- Bass
Tim Finn -- Background Vocals
Peter Gabriel -- Organ / Bass / Piano / Keyboards / Vocals
Stephen Hague -- Accordion / Keyboards
Rupert Hine -- Keyboards
Joji Hirota -- Percussion / Drums / Chinese Drums
Sherman Holmes -- Background Vocals
Wendell Holmes -- Background Vocals
Manu Katche -- Drums
Ged Lynch -- Drums
James McNally -- Whistle (Human) / Low Whistle
Wendy Melvoin -- Bass
Marco Migliari -- Engineer
Levon Minassian -- Doudouk
Eric Mouquet -- Piano / Keyboards
Sevara Nazarkhan -- Background Vocals
Arona N'diaye -- Percussion / Djembe / Sabar
Chuck Norman -- Programming / Drones
Sinéad O'Connor -- Vocals
Papa Wemba Band -- Percussion / Conga
Angie Pollock -- Piano
Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Ensemble -- Strings
Hossam Ramzy -- Percussion / Drums
Vernon Reid -- Guitar / Guitar Synth
David Rhodes -- Guitar
Michel Sanchez -- Piano / Keyboards
Márta Sebestyén -- Flute / Vocals
Jules Shear -- Background Vocals
Neil Sparkes -- Percussion / Drums
Karl Wallinger -- Acoustic Guitar / Bass / Keyboards / Vocals
Papa Wemba -- Vocals
Andy Lee White -- Background Vocals
Jah Wobble -- Bass
Guo Yue -- Flute
Hukwe Zawose -- Vocals
