"Mister Soweto", "Maita", and "Les Baisers d’Amants" came from these sessions, which included orphan songs, griots' ballads, African roller coaster produced by Adam Kidron (who just had produced Rip Rig + Panic and Scritti Politti) with guests Krootchey on vocals and Mike Mc Voy as a white master rabbit, Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) & Aswad drummer OEs Drummie Zeb.
"Bob Marley’s cover « Sun is Shining » was recorded in 1995 at Massachusetts’s Bear Den studio with Greg Jiritano, John Schumann, and Michel Bassignani: Kusturica dub in mind.
"Corpo Molli, Pao Duro" was recorded in NY with Arto Lindsay and Krootchey back in 1980 and developed in August 2003 with Charlus De Lasalle, orgy of the percussive mouth, Brazilian meet Klezmer and have a ball.
"All these songs have a Massai walk, white trash shadow, a samourai heart and the smile of King Kong.
Tracks 1 to 10 Produced by Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Steve Stanley Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau Bahamas, 1980 Executive producer Michel Esteban Tracks 11, 12,13 &16 Recorded by Dominique Blanc, Francard at Continental Studios, Paris 1982 Produced by Adam Kidron Executive producer Michel Esteban Track 14 Produced by Lizzy Mercier Descloux & Michel Bassignani Recorded Chief Worm Studio, Massachusetts, 1995 Track 15 Produced by Lizzy Mercier Descloux & Michel Bassignani Recorded NYC 1982, Overdubs & Mix by Charlus de la Salle at South Factory Studio 2003 Vocals Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Phillipe Krootchey & Arto Lindsay Art direction & Design by Michel Esteban Photos Credits : Michel Esteban : Front cover, booklet pages 1,2,7,10,12,13,14,15.