West India Company, La La La Human Steps - Music From New Demons

Label:
Catalog#:
EGED 61
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1989
Genre:
Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Style:
Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1   Alaap - Shankara 3:10
    Arranged By [Arr.] - West India Company
  Vocals - Priya Khajuria
  Written-By - Trad*
A2   My Shooting Star 6:30
    Keyboards - Pandit Dinesh
  Lyrics By - Pandit Dinesh , Peter Culshaw
  Shenai, Flute - Kadir Darvesh
  Vocals - Asha Bhosle
A3   The Lion Sleeps Tonight 0:51
    Featuring [With] - Louise Lecavalier , Marc Béland
  Written-By - Stanton* , Weiss* , Perretti* , Creatore*
A4   Jungle Tumble 5:03
    Arranged By [Arr.] - Lock* , West India Company
  Featuring [With] - Louise Lecavalier
  Guitar - Paul Inder
  Keyboards - Olle Romo
  Vocals, Lyrics By - Edouard Lock
  Written-By - Lock* , Romo*
A5   O Je Suis Seul 4:34
    Vocals - Asha Bhosle
A6   Night Country 5:37
    Keyboards - Pandit Dinesh
  Shenai, Flute - Kadir Darvesh
  Violin - David Cross
B1   Bengalis From Outer Space 5:45
    Lyrics By - Pandit Dinesh
  Shenai, Flute - Kadir Darvesh
  Vocals - Priya Khajuria
B2   Pandi 6:59
    Featuring [With] - Marc Béland
  Vocals - Priya Khajuria
B3   Driver 3:44
    Arranged By [Arr.] - Lock* , West India Company
  Featuring [With] - Kate Garner
  Guitar - Alain Bertrand
  Keyboards - Olle Romo
  Vocals, Lyrics By - Edouard Lock
  Written-By - Lock* , Romo*
B4   Bengalis Re-entry 4:58
    Guitar - Alain Bertrand
B5   Juggernaut Ude Cha Panchi 5:52
    Lyrics By - Pandit Dinesh
  Vocals - Asha Bhosle

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - de Facto
Effects [Environmental Sounds] - Janitors Animated (2)
Engineer - Alain Tassé , Benoit Gauvin , George Snow , Jamie Muir , Marcus Petersen (2)
Engineer [Mix Engineer] - Jo Prowse , Mark Spencer (6) , Russell Raisey
Engineer [Overdubs Engineer] - Alain Tassé , Arun Majumdar
Featuring [With] - Pandit Dinesh (tracks: A2, A5, B1, B3)
Keyboards - Peter Culshaw (tracks: A2, A6, B1, B5) , Stephen Luscombe (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5)
Mastered By - Tony Cousins
Other [Choreography] - Edouard Lock
Other [Dancers] - Donald Weikert , Edouard Lock , Francine Liboiron , Louise Lecavalier , Marc Béland
Other [Rehearsal Director] - Renald Rabu
Percussion - Pandit Dinesh
Performer [West India Company] - Pandit Dinesh , Peter Culshaw , Stephen Luscombe
Photography [La La La Human Steps Front And Back Photography By] - Edouard Lock
Photography [West India Company Photograph By] - Kate Garner
Producer - Pandit Dinesh , Stephen Luscombe
Written-By - West India Company (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B1, B2, B4, B5)

Notes

℗ 1989 EG Records Ltd. © 1989 EG Records Ltd.
Marketed and Distributed by Caroline Records, Inc. New York, N.Y.
Made in U.S.A.
Jacket made in Canada
Barcode: 0 1704-61536-1 4

Recorded London and Montreal July-August 1987
Overdubs at Digital Music Studios, Montreal December 1988
Mixed at The Animal House, London, February-March 1989
Direct Metal Mastered at The Townhouse
Produced for Editions EG
All titles published by EG Music Inc. (BMI)/Incomplete Music Inc. except
A3 - Folkways Music Publishing Co. Inc.
A4, B3 - EG Music Inc./Anxious Music Ltd./BMG Songs Inc./Incomplete Music Inc./Unknown

"Music From New Demons" appears on front of sleeve, "New Demons" appears on spine, back of sleeve and labels.
A La La La Human Steps Production
Co-produced by National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada and the Festival D'été De Seine - Maritime, Rouen, France

Special Thanks To: Michael Morris, Mrs Asha Bhosle, John Talbot, Mrs Neeru Kotecha, Vanda Peterson, James Ware, Ashley Goodall, Mark Hammond, Sadie, Gigliola, Albert, Betty, Ripley.

A = Side One, EGED 61-A, tracks listed as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on release
B = Side Two, EGED 61-B, tracks listed as 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 on release

The following appears on back of sleeve:
Dance group La La La Human Steps and music group West India Company have in their show 'New Demons' created a spectacular masterpiece which has astonished audiences in five continents. Edouard Lock's visionary, passionate choreography has brought them an audience way beyond the often rarified [sic] world of contemporary dance. Formed in 1980, this Montreal-based company have steadily built up a fervent following for their impossibly dynamic style. Such is their primal energy, at times it almost seems as if the dancers are about to explode on stage. In their 'Prima Ballerina' Louise Lecavalier, described once as 'a flame on legs', they have one of the most compelling live performances in the world. 'New Demons' retains the raw power of their earlier work but reveals a lyricism and grace and a wider dance vocabulary including elements of classicism. With its multi-media form, including the use of stunning film projections, and with its fearless disregard of convention 'New Demons' points to a new direction for live performance.

The rich, strange and gorgeous music of the West India Company is the perfect counterpoint to La La La Human Steps' acrobatic hurricane. Their ground-breaking 1984 EP 'Ave Maria' has been judged by many commentators as being ahead of its time. The soaring voice on that EP was the wonderful Bombay film playback goddess Asha Bhosle, who also worked on the initial recording of 'New Demons' in London. Fine new discovery Priya Khajuria sings her parts for live performances of the show. This LP, the West India Company's debut, features both singers and is an inventive mix of the ultra-modern and the ancient. The West India Company's music has little to do with the current British-Asian hybrid of Bhangra. They have more in common, at least in spirit, with Indian Film Music - an exuberant mix of orchestras, disco music, jazz and folk tunes which veers wildly between the romantic, the epic, the sacred and profane. The West India Company may or may not be the future of rock and roll, but their music's deranged intensity will amply reward the adventurous listener.

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