1 Giant Leap (album)
| 1 Giant Leap | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2 April 2002 | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, electronic, world | |||
| Label | Palm Pictures | |||
| Producer | Jamie Catto, Duncan Bridgeman | |||
| 1 Giant Leap chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
1 Giant Leap is the debut album by English electronic music duo 1 Giant Leap. Beginning in October 1999, its two members, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman, travelled across the world for six months to record vocals and music by various vocalists and musicians from Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, before returning to London in March 2000.[2][3][4] The album was released on DVD in September 2002.[3]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dunya Salam" (featuring Baaba Maal) |
| 2:55 |
| 2. | "My Culture" (featuring Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz) |
| 5:39 |
| 3. | "The Way You Dream" (featuring Michael Stipe, Whirimako Black and Asha Bhosle) |
| 8:20 |
| 4. | "Ma' Africa" (featuring The Mahotella Queens and Ulali) |
| 4:48 |
| 5. | "Braided Hair" (featuring Speech and Neneh Cherry) |
| 4:03 |
| 6. | "Ta Moko" (featuring Whirimako Black) |
| 5:09 |
| 7. | "Bushes" (featuring Baaba Maal) |
| 6:34 |
| 8. | "Passion" (featuring Michael Franti) |
| 5:46 |
| 9. | "Daphne" (featuring Eddi Reader, The Mahotella Queens and Revetti Sakalar) |
| 7:03 |
| 10. | "All Alone (On Eilean Shona)" |
| 7:50 |
| 11. | "Racing Away" (featuring Grant Lee Phillips and Horace Andy) |
| 5:59 |
| 12. | "Ghosts" (featuring Eddi Reader) |
| 6:36 |
Personnel[edit]
1 Giant Leap[edit]
- Jamie Catto, Duncan Bridgeman – All instruments[5]
Vocalists featured[edit]
- Robbie Williams – vocals
- Maxi Jazz – raps
- Neneh Cherry – vocals
- Michael Stipe – vocals
- Horace Andy – vocals
- Asha Bhosle – vocals
- Baaba Maal – vocals
- Mahotella Queens – vocals
- Grant Lee Phillips – vocals
- Whirimako Black – vocals
- Eddi Reader – vocals
- Ram Dass – spoken word
- Ulali – vocals, spoken word
- Tom Robbins – spoken word
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. – spoken word
- Michael Franti – poetry
- Dana Gillespie – chant
Other musicians[edit]
- Dave Randall – guitar
- Nigel Butler – guitar, programming and mixing
- Sanjay Kumar – guitar
- DJ Swamp – turntables
- Ronu Majumdar – flute
- Lévon Minassian – duduk
- Pops Mohamed – percussion, kora, bird calls, effects
- Ayub Ogada – nyatiti
- Eddie Quansah – trumpet
- Bada Seck – djembe, sabar
- Goetz Botzenhardt – mixing engineer
- Tim Clark – executive producer
- Tony Cousins – mastering
- Suzette Newman – executive producer
Charts[edit]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 18 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] | 41 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 51 |
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r572683
- ^ "1 Giant Leap-One Giant Leap". newburycomics.com/. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ a b Wolf, Jessica (January 31, 2003). "Palm Music Video in the Grammy Race". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2003. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ Bell, Matt (February 2003). "Duncan Bridgeman : Travels With A Laptop Studio". Sound on Sound. Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "1 Giant Leap - One Giant Leap". newburycomics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – 1 Giant Leap – 1 Giant Leap". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Charts.nz – 1 Giant Leap – 1 Giant Leap". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
External links[edit]
- Review at bbc.co.uk
- 2003 article in Sound on Sound magazine on recording the album
- 1 Giant Leap website
- What About Me? website
