Music
21 Feb 03

Africa shocks

Afrocelts emerge from the studio with half their name missing and a brand spanking new album

Having given their Sound System its P45, the Afrocelts return to the fray on March 14 with Seed.
Recorded in their own Islington studio, which was once owned by Pink Floyd, the album features a guest appearance from Mundy on one of its stand outs, 'Rise Above It'.
"We didn't start the album intending to drop the sound system," explains guitarist and co-producer Simon Emmerson. "But it became apparent as we made the record that we're not a sound system any more. We've developed a very defined sound, which has come from us playing together. It's not about a DJ and programmes and samples. It's taken a long time. But we've finally become a band."
Reviewed in the next issue of Hot Press, the opus also features Martin Hayes, Eileen Ivers, Ms. Dynamite's backing vocalists, Brazilian singer Nina Miranda and Canadian flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook.