The topical focus is Bolgatanga, the Ghanaian town where Noah’s resided since the early 90s, making it more autobiographical, less ‘anthropological’. Their last original album was released in 2011, followed by two collections of outtakes and alternative dubs from the On-U Sound archives.Ĭompared to many predecessors which presented, in Sherwood's words, “spaced out African dub”, A Trip To Bolgatanga is marked by a more specific geographical bent. AHC could nowadays be considered a somewhat legacy project, their releases in the past twenty years few and far between. The band's cross-cultural impact can be felt throughout the UK bass music continuum, with contemporary artists like Al Wootton and Azu Tiwaline further expanding on Adrian Sherwood's studio techniques and Noah’s percussive workouts. forty-two years have passed since the release of their debut My Life In A Hole In The Ground, which heralded the birth of tribal house, and later jungle and dub techno.
Master percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah's belief that “drums are medicine” remains at the core of African Head Charge’s transglobal psychedelic dub explorations. A Trip To Bolgatanga by African Head Charge
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