Build an Ark
Peace With Every Step
Plug Research 2004

01. You've Gotta Have Freedom
02. Vibes from the Tribe
03. Conversations
04. Precious, Priceless
05. Love Is Our Nationality
06. Pure Imagination/Tortoise and the Hare
07. Drumprovise [Interlude]
08. Japan [Interlude]
09. Peace With Every Step
10. Equipoise
11. Collective
12. Peace and Love
13. The Stars Are Singing Too [Interlude]
14. Nu Baya Roots
15. Village Soft
16. The Blessing Song
17. Guidance
18. Always There

Build an Ark, a musicians' collective from in and around Los Angeles that numbers 20 members from three generations, was formed by producer and DJ Carlos Niño as a peace action in response to the grief and rage following September 11. Originally designed for a one-off radio performance, the group includes veteran jazzmen Phil Ranelin (Motown session man and Tribe Records co-founder), Derf Reklaw (Phil Cohran's Artistic Heritage Ensemble) and Dwight Trible and Nate Morgan (Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra), as well as renowned percussionists Alan Lightner and Adam Rudolph in addition to singers, dancers, and drummers. While the concepts of "peace and love" may have died in the popular culture of the 1970s, these folks ain't playin' around. The music is a wonderful amalgam of African rhythms, jazz, soul, and poetry that blends organically and accessibly around loose, easy grooves. Given the power and elegance of "Peace With Every Step", those of us who are non-Angelinos can only imagine what this band is like live.

Lovely. I know the 9/11 reference and the all apparent hippieness would put most off, but if your ass ain't willing to take risks, you're in the wrong department of blogspot.com anyway...

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