Description
Audio Active - Apollo Choco / Musidisc Audio CD 1997 / 122192
UPC 3229261221925 A
Apollo Choco (1997) On-U Sound/Beat
Audio Active were a Japanese reggae fusion band who released several albums between the early 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century.
| Label: | Musidisc – 122192 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
|
| Country: | France |
| Released: |
Apr 1997 |
| Genre: | Electronic, Reggae |
| Style: | Reggae, Dub, Techno, Drum n Bass |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Input/Start Rec | 1:02 | |
| 2 | Robot War | 4:07 | |
| 3 | Weed Specialist | 5:26 | |
| 4 | U.G. | 5:47 | |
| 5 | Open The Gate | 6:05 | |
| 6 | Coolness In My Foolishness | 5:11 | |
| 7 | Paint Your Face Red | 5:56 | |
| 8 | Heart Of L-Ion | 4:19 | |
| 9 | Citizen Zombie | 4:45 | |
| 10 | My Way | 3:41 | |
| 11 | Time Goes Down To A Flashing Sight |
4:14 | |
|
12 13 14 15 |
Output/Start Rec Return Of The Space Ape Stiff Wheel Penalty Taker |
5:09 6:50 7:08 7:03
|
- Engineer – Alan Branch, Darren Grant, Toru Okitsu
- Guitar – Hiroyuki Kasai
- Mixed By – Adrian Sherwood (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 14), Audio Active (tracks: 4, 8, 15)
- Performer – Masa The Al-Tamyran, 2DD, Nanao
- Producer – Adrian Sherwood, Audio Active
- Written-By – D. Omura (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 13, 14), M. Osada (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15), S. Nano (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11)
Audio Active were one of the most successful reggae fusion bands to come out of Japan, and were formed in 1987, originally being a solo project of singer Masa. It later stretched out to be a full band in 1991, when 2DD, Shigemoto Nanao and bassist Takeshi Akimoto all joined. Masa had listened to reggae since he was a teenager, and had played (with 2DD) in the ska band Vital Connection, before taking his love of roots reggae and dub music and forming Audio Active, named after an album by Dennis Bovell. Adrian Sherwood began working with the band in 1992, and produced many of their recordings. The band's debut album The Way Out is the Way In, was recorded with zither player Laraaji, and Sherwood produced their Happy Shopper in Europe album, released on his On-U Sound label in 1995. Their 1997 album Apollo Choco was described by Allmusic as "an example of new and exciting dub, which shows Audio Active's true capabilities". Further albums followed on On-U Sound, Warner Music Group, and Gyroscope, the last, Back To The Stoned Age, released in 2003. The band were strongly influenced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, with elements of hip hop.
Original member Akimoto left, to be replaced by Kasai. Akimoto, along with Nanao, formed the lovers-rock influenced band Dry & Heavy.
