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Transglobal Underground Information

Transglobal Underground was first formed when Tim Whelan (“Alex Kasiek"), and Hamilton Lee (“Hamid Mantuâ€) teamed up with Nick Page ("Count Dubulah"). The first recording by the group was the single "Temple Head" which was named "Single of the Week" in Melody Maker. The group was quickly signed to Deconstruction Records, for whom they recorded Dream of 100 Nations (released 1994). This album marked the group debut of Natacha Atlas, formerly best known for her work with Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, with percussionist Neil Sparkes joining at around the same time. TGU developed a reputation for flamboyant live performances featuring dramatic costumes, belly dancing, endless percussion and members of the group disguised as Nepalese Temple guardians. The group has released nine albums (incliuding International Times, Yes Boss Food Corner and the Radio 3-award-winning Moonshout), plus four compilation/remix albums. One of these, Interplanetary Meltdown, included contributions from Dreadzone, Lionrock and Youth amongst others. A new TGU line-up emerged in 1998 with the album Rejoice Rejoice partly recorded in Hungary and featuring a number of Hungarian gypsy musicians, plus percussionist Johnny Kalsi from the Dhol Foundation. The group toured Europe supporting Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. Other contributors have included Zulu vocalist Thobekile Doreen Webster, sitarist Sheema Mukherjee and percussionist Gurjit Sihra. TGU has played all over the world and toured the USA twice. In more recent years they have started playing the UK regularly, turning up at festivals and venues throughout the country. After a flurry of studio activity in 2007, Transglobal Underground took a break from their live schedule in 2009 to work on a new project which was released in May 2010 as an album entitled 'A Gathering of Strangers' under the name U.N.I.T.E. (an acronym of Urban Native Integrated Traditions of Europe). Drawing traditional sources from all across Europe, the album contains performances by artists from the UK, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Hungary, France and Denmark. Amongst the featured vocalists are Yanka Rupkina, Stuart A Staples of Tindersticks, Jim Moray, and Martin Furey of the High Kings.

 

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