Dambala

[roms77]

this topic started to move to the end
so keep it on the first topics

It's time ! to rise Dambala out of darkness and shout loud and clear that's one of the best uk reggae band

ps : i m looking for "no go" and the track that alvin was talkin about " black in british" the soundtrack of the opening of a serie tv on chanel 4 (1978/79)

bless

[collieman]

dont u think some of their singles like "gus anyia -Babylon" looks like a little Merger Band on rythm & melody roms ?

[roms77]

yes it's true
its nearest from the first lp of merger "exiles ina babylon", "amarmageddon time" sounds different than the first one

[collieman]

i agree

[roms77]

but their sound is single ! they have made the soundtrack on the opening of a serie tv on chanel 4 (1978/79)
anyone remember the name of the serie tv ? (it talks about blacks in britain)

[seb]

just added the azania album in roots-archives :

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/4494

thanks to the forum user who nicely sent me a copy

[roms77]

YES I !!!!
Great
Happy to see Dambala on the best reggae site of the world

[fadel diagne]

hi
i totally agree that dambala was one of the best reggae outfits from uk and yet one of the most unsung heroes,but i believe that gus anyia personal project(dambala)is nowhere near the singles the group produced as a collective.so i rebelieve out of sheer honesty that"azania"cannot really represents dambala
this my opinion and iam the only liable for what i say

[Alvin Christie]

Hi Guys,
Once again I am really flattered and very proud to have been an original member of Dambala, we did try to be different, it wasn't that easy in those times to play Reggae music that was a little different, but I thank everyone here for their remarks and feel that if we brought some light into peoples lives then we were a "success".
We knew merger very well and allowed them to rehearse in our rehearsal room many times, I personally did many gigs as sound engineer for Mereger in clubs like the 100 club in Oxford st, and other places, in fact when Merger played at the 100 club we were visited by Bob Dylan who was looking for a Reggae band to appear on his show at BlackBush, Merger happened to be the only Reggae band playing live on that day, so they got the gig along with Joan Armatrading. I liked Merger a lot, we always used to borrow their electric piano as Thomas, our keyboard player never had his own piano, such times will always live in my heart...peace and love to all...

[collieman]

thanks alvin . Happy to see that my listening sensations are still good ...