1 Giant Leap (album)
2002 studio album by 1 Giant Leap
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1 Giant Leap is the debut album by English electronic music duo 1 Giant Leap. Beginning in October 1999, its two members, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman, travelled across the world for six months to record vocals and music by various vocalists and musicians from Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, before returning to London in March 2000.[2][3][4] The album was released on DVD in September 2002.[3]
Released2 April 2002
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| Released | 2 April 2002 | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, electronic, world | |||
| Label | Palm Pictures | |||
| Producer | Jamie Catto, Duncan Bridgeman | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dunya Salam" (featuring Baaba Maal) |
| 2:55 |
| 2. | "My Culture" (featuring Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz) |
| 5:39 |
| 3. | "The Way You Dream" (featuring Michael Stipe, Whirimako Black and Asha Bhosle) |
| 8:20 |
| 4. | "Ma' Africa" (featuring The Mahotella Queens and Ulali) |
| 4:48 |
| 5. | "Braided Hair" (featuring Speech and Neneh Cherry) |
| 4:03 |
| 6. | "Ta Moko" (featuring Whirimako Black) |
| 5:09 |
| 7. | "Bushes" (featuring Baaba Maal) |
| 6:34 |
| 8. | "Passion" (featuring Michael Franti) |
| 5:46 |
| 9. | "Daphne" (featuring Eddi Reader, The Mahotella Queens and Revetti Sakalar) |
| 7:03 |
| 10. | "All Alone (On Eilean Shona)" |
| 7:50 |
| 11. | "Racing Away" (featuring Grant Lee Phillips and Horace Andy) |
| 5:59 |
| 12. | "Ghosts" (featuring Eddi Reader) |
| 6:36 |
Personnel
1 Giant Leap
- Jamie Catto, Duncan Bridgeman – All instruments[5]
Vocalists featured
- Robbie Williams – vocals
- Maxi Jazz – raps
- Neneh Cherry – vocals
- Michael Stipe – vocals
- Horace Andy – vocals
- Asha Bhosle – vocals
- Baaba Maal – vocals
- Mahotella Queens – vocals
- Grant Lee Phillips – vocals
- Whirimako Black – vocals
- Eddi Reader – vocals
- Ram Dass – spoken word
- Ulali – vocals, spoken word
- Tom Robbins – spoken word
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. – spoken word
- Michael Franti – poetry
- Dana Gillespie – chant
Other musicians
- Dave Randall – guitar
- Nigel Butler – guitar, programming and mixing
- Sanjay Kumar – guitar
- DJ Swamp – turntables
- Ronu Majumdar – flute
- Lévon Minassian – duduk
- Pops Mohamed – percussion, kora, bird calls, effects
- Ayub Ogada – nyatiti
- Eddie Quansah – trumpet
- Bada Seck – djembe, sabar
- Goetz Botzenhardt – mixing engineer
- Tim Clark – executive producer
- Tony Cousins – mastering
- Suzette Newman – executive producer