I tour and record with different folks but the Father Divine record features:
Mike Ladd - Programming, Keys, Synth & Vocals ///......
Gymkhana - Programming, Keys & Percussion ///......
Raz Mesinai - Remix & Percussion ///......
Vijay Iyer - Piano & Keys ///......
High Priest - Synth & Keys ///......
Damali Young - Drums & Guitar ///......
Dave "Eastwood" Sztanke - Keys ///......
Jaleel Bunton - Guitar
Influences
King Tubby, Last Poets, FireSign Theatre, Funkadelic, Bad Brains....
I’ve always loved the grimy, haphazardly compressed sound of tapes. I still use them in my music, and I wanted to capture that on Father Divine.
Sounds Like
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This is an excerpt from a Pitchfork news piece.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
___"Mike Ladd is a man who defies classification. A former English professor who does rock, soul, spoken-word, blues, punk, psychedelia, and hip hop, Ladd can shift comfortably between the galactic (as Nostalgialator, Welcome to the Afterfuture, Vernacular Homocide), the post-bling (his Infesticons/Majesticons projects), and now the divine. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
___"Father Divine, that is, which is the title of his latest album on veteran punk/reggae label ROIR. A concept album about the religious leader George Baker (aka Father Divine), the project was initially an attempt to revive the classic 80s ROIR sound, back when the label was putting out cassettes by the likes of Bad Brains and Suicide. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
___"A number of guests appear on the album, including Priest of Antipop Consortium/Airborne Audio, Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio, pianist Vijay Iyaer (who collaborated with Ladd on 2003's In What Language?), and French producer Gymkhana. All this is enough to make a convert out of anyone, so prepare for the second coming." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
URB says:
"With this sprawling concept album Mike Ladd has hit a new career high. 4.5 out of 5 Stars."
CHAMP FROM THIS NEXT HEAT GOES INTO THE UK CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIANS ALONG SIDE:
STIG OF THE DUMP | SONNY JIM & DR.SYNTAX ON AUGUST 2ND
THE OVERALL CHAMP WILL BE REPPING FOR THE UK IN NYC ON
AUGUST 24TH IN THE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIANS Feat...
MCS FROM: FRANCE | SPAIN | USA | GERMANY | AMSTERDAM | UK & BRAZIL
title page 82-87...i'm just drawing the pictures here...the real people making this happen are the teachers who convince the school board the history of Hip-Hop is worth teaching, and sometimes pay out of their pockets to make it happen, and Benny-Factor & Shummonik for taking time out of their regular jobs and schedules to teach the youth...all the support & feedback is appreciated though!
kids illustrated history of Hip-Hop...this started out as a project with 2 member s of the Libra Project & I, Shummonick & Benny Factor. Those two had already started a program of going to underprivelaged, inner-city schools here in LA, and teaching kids the basics of Hip-Hop song writing, rapping, dancing, & making beats. They stepped to me w/ the idea of coming up w/ some sketches to be used in a 'book' for the kids to see & write a song about the history of Hip-Hop. I couldn't say no, and as ideas for it came to me, it turned into an illustrated history, comic-book style This is the 1st page...
LIMITED TIME ONLY
Entre the Centre
Available for download, Track by Track
From 11-11-06
1. The fisherman
2. Snake charmer
3. The original
4. Mind the G.A.P
5. Chapter one
6. Enter the centre
7. Butcher of Govanhill
8. Hong Kong hijack
9. Chapter two suite
10. Acrabonanzai
11. The streets of Sanfranalez
12. An outpouring of emotion
13. The 7 stars
14. The beat suite
15. The renaissance
16. Five battles one war
17. Chapter 4
18. Slight return
19. Aliph
