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SUMMARY:African Head Charge @ The Factory Live
DESCRIPTION:"ONE OF THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING DUB ACTS IN HISTORY" - BANDCAMP
 \nCo-founded by the legendary underground producer Adrian Sherwood\, Afric
 an Head Charge is a globally-acclaimed\, pioneering dub-reggae ensemble le
 d by original co-founder\, master percussionist and royal rastaman\, Bonjo
  Iyabinghi Noah.\nPulsating with tribal drum beats and chanting from the s
 oul of Africa\, African Head Charge fuse together primal rhythms with heav
 y psychedelic dub\, roots reggae and 21st century electronica. Formed orig
 inally as a studio project in 1981\, the London-based collective has gone 
 on to achieve cult status\, creating 13 albums and gracing stages across t
 he world\, from Australia and New Zealand to Glastonbury music festival.\n
 Their epic live show features a line-up of world-star performers\, fusing 
 together djembes\, guitars\, drums\, keys and vocals with heavy electronic
  sampling. The collective use this blend of live and electronica to genera
 te an intoxicating soundscape of reggae-inflected drumming\, visceral voca
 ls and bottomless\, thrumming bass-lines that truly reach to the heart of 
 your being.\nWith a deeper\, darker and heavier live sound than ever befor
 e\, African Head Charge are once again ready to enrapture their global fan
 -base\, as well as reach out to a new generation of fans around the world.
 \n"Towering examples of dub as a freeform contagion" - The Wire\n“Mesmer
 ising hand drumming… headspinning” The Guardian (2024)\n“Easily AHC'
 s most accessible\, vivid approximation yet of Brian Eno's fabled 'vision 
 of a psychedelic Africa.'” Mojo\n“I don’t think we’ve ever seen th
 e band this good!” - Reggae.be (2022)
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CATEGORIES:Live Music
LOCATION:the factory live\, 9a ivy arch road\, Worthing\, England\, BN14 8B
 X\, West Sussex\, United Kingdom
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