Album: African Head Charge - 'My Life In A Hole In The Ground'
On-U Sound Records / 1981 (LP) On-U Sound - EFA Medien / 1998 (Master Recordings CD reiss.)
LP: ON-U LP13 / CD: ON-U CD0013
Elastic Dance
Family Doctoring
Stebeni's Theme
The Race (Part 1)
Crocodile Shoes ||
Stone Charge
* Far Away Chant
Primal One Drop
Hole In The Roof
* A stripped down version appeared in the David Lynch movie 'Wild At Heart'. See 'The Vaults' for more details.
Master Recordings CD reissue contains a CD-ROM track with On-U Sound discography and biographic information. Title inspired by the Brian Eno album 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' and his statement that he had "a vision of psychedelic Africa". The "hole in the ground" is a reference to Berry Street Studios.
Master Recordings CD reissue contains a CD-ROM track with On-U Sound discography and biographic information. The promo USCDR was, ironically, issued to promote the album's availability as a download.
Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Pride And Joy: Live'
On-U Sound Records / November 1991
LP: ON-U LP58 / CLP: ON-U LP58C
CD: ON-U CD14
< Off The Beaten Track
% Conspiring (Dancing To My Own Drums)
~ Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi
< Language And Mentality ||
Binghi Dance
Power Chant
+ Hold Some More
Bits And Pieces
*% Conspiring (Part 1)
*< Throw It Away
*" Don't Fear
< Original versions on LP40. % [Rhythm 103] Original version on LP40. ~ Version of 'Free Chant (Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi)' from LP50. + Original version on LP50. " Contains elements of 'Hymn' from LP50. * CD / CLP only tracks.
Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Live Goodies'
Bonjo Records / 2001
CD: BONJO 5
~+ Throw It Away
~+# Some Bizarre
~+ Language And Mentality (Part 1)
+ Language And Mentality (Part 2)
= The Race (Part 1)
!= The Race (Part 2)
~* Dancing With My Drums
+ Off The Beaten Track
% Free Chant (Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi)
! Power Chant
~ Engineered by AMS. ! Live mix by AMS. + Live versions of LP40 tracks. # [Rhythm 135] = Live versions of LP13 tracks. * [Rhythm 103] % Live version of LP50 track.
These are different live recordings to those on the 'Pride And Joy' album LP58 and were made during concerts in 1988, 1990 and 1991.
Release outside Japan is expected in due course. The album's name was inspired by a quote from Brian Eno. Promo copies pressed onto a plain white CDR also exist and came with the same sleeve note insert (in English and Japanese) as found in the fully released edition.