Know Hope - Timeline - F-IRECD01 (2002)
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Know Hope completes the first cycle of Timeline's musical life - A complete re-write of the West African rhythms that inspired the band - dance rhythms from Cameroon, Togo, Burkina Faso and Ghana combined with urban chaos and jazz deconstructions. The paths ahead are investigated whilst the stories of the journey so far are also retold.

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Waa daa daa…
Ghanaian master musician Nana Tsiboe helped initiate 12 piece music, song and dance group Roots of Unity, that developed concurrently with Timeline crossing over in membership and repetoire. In that we were all studying creativity of his home and neighbouring cultures, Nana's sharing of his experience and understanding helped us immeasurably. The environments we created then: instrumentalists, singers, dancers, audience and pupils, teachers, friends, community - participating together, remain the strongest reason for believing in functional artists serving the communities to which they belong (ahead of international commercial interests). It was with these thoughts that we invited all we could to join us in the studio - as we would in performance, and our united message is stronger for their gracious involvement.

Waa daa daa yen-oo
Waa daa daa yen a gye yen asaasi-o waa daa daa
Waa daa daa yen a gye yen sunsum waa daa daa
Waa daa daa yen a gye yen sika waa daa daa

Deception - we have been deceived
Through deception our lands have been taken
Through deception our spirits have been taken
Through deception our wealth is lost

THANKS

Thanks to our friends and families, also...

...other performers with Timeline:
Tom Skinner, Richard Spaven, Tom Arthurs, Joe Bentley, Robin Mullarkey, Andy Cooke, Eska Mtungwazi, Lorraine le Blanc

...all instrumentalists, singers and dancers of our collaborators:
Roots of Unity, Méta Méta, Bullies Ballerinas, Diariba Dancers, Akwaaba Drum Orchestra, Sounds of Senegal, Rhythms of the City

...all our teachers:
Nana, Odartey, Bosco, Thebe, Rubba, Judith, JT, Django and all members of Loose Tubes.


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