Mutabaruka - Life Squared
Today marks the U.S. release MUTABARUKA's new
album "LIFE SQUARED" on Heartbeat Records. This album represents a
development in Muta's viewpoint since the release of his last album seven years
ago. Life Squared speaks to issues that relate to the 'Mother Divine', and
the female perspective.
On the poem
'Spirituality', Mutabaruka uses a speech from Haile Selassie to distinguish
between religion and spirituality. Muta speaks of the plight of Jamiacans under
the IMF and World Bank on the song 'Life And Debt', the title track of the
highly acclaimed Stephanie Black
documentary.
Life
Squared also includes both a ska and mento remix of the Dave Bartholomew poem
"The Monkey", marking the first time Muta has recorded another's works. On
'The Confusion Today' Muta borrows the rhythm from Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going
On' to ask 'Wha A
Gwan'?
A
web page for LIFE SQUARED has been added to the Mutabaruka web site
at:
http://www.mutabaruka.com/life2.htm Here
you will find track lists, lyrics, liner notes, reviews and an interview with
Mutabaruka in which he discusses some of the songs on this
album.
"Dem
Lie" is the recently released Mutamba single in which Muta asseses the upcoming
elections. Done over Afroman's "Because I Got High" rhythm, "Dem Lie"
is currently #4 in the New York charts. Mutabaruka will be performing
at the 9th Annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival June 21-23,
2002.
Daniel
(RAW#495)
http://www.ireggae.com
Forward
Ever!!!
Posted: Sat
- April 12, 2003 at 03:07 PM