Principally recorded at Imaginary Road Studios, Windham County, Vermont; Samite Artistic Productions, Ithica, New York; Big Little Feet Studios, Monroe, Connecticut. Includes liner notes by Samite & Will Ackerman.
Landing on the Windham Hill label, Samite (having dropped the "Of Uganda" from his name several years back) offers a collection of songs inspired by his return to the African continent after approximately a decade of residence in the U.S. as a political refugee. The music is largely in keeping with his introspective folk style, but this time, several prominent Windham Hill artists make appearances, including Will Ackerman, Michael Manring, and Tuck & Patti's Patti Cathcart. The results are an intriguing fusion of African pop and new age whose sound actually leans more toward the latter. ~ Steve Huey
Personnel: Samite (vocals, flute, kalimba); Happy Rhodes, Patti Cathcart (vocals); Will Ackerman (guitar, acoustic guitar, rainsticks); Brian Keane (acoustic guitar, keyboards); Jeff Pevar (acoustic guitar); Charlie Schneeweis (flugelhorn); Philip Aaberg (piano, keyboards); Tony Cedras (electric piano); Jeff Haynes, Valerie Naranjo (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Corin Nelsen; Brian Keane .
Liner Note Authors: Will Ackerman; Samite.
Recording information: Big Little Feet Studios, Monro; Imaginary Road STudios, Windham County, VT; Samite Artistic Production, Ithaca, NY.
Illustrator: Joel Nakamura.
Photographer: Carol Weinberg.
Personnel: Samite (vocals, flute, kalimba); Patti Cathcart, Happy Rhodes (vocals); Will Ackerman (acoustic & parlour guitars, rainstick); Jeff Pevar (acoustic & electric guitars); Brian Keane (acoustic guitar, keyboards); Vincent Ngini (electric guitar); Charlie Schneeweis (trumpet, flugelhorn); Philip Aaberg (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Tony Cedras (electric piano); Michael Manring, Bakithi Kumalo, T-Bone Wolk (bass); Valerie Naranjo, Jeff Haynes (percussion).
Engineers include: Samite, Corin Nelsen, John Arif Verner.
Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, p.80) - "...a subtle work, full of gently insistent rhythms and delicate layering of tone on tone....[It] lets Samite's own luminosity shine through."
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