Tchimb'l (Eric Gaultier)
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Henning
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Piano, organ: Christian Moore
- Vibraphone : Emiko Ota
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Reggy (Eric Gaultier)
- Saxophones, Flûte : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Henning
- Solo Piano : Maurice Coppola
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Lead Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Piano, organ, clavinet arrangement : Christian Moore
- Clavinet : Moctarr Wurie
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Bosnia (Thierry Negro)
- Violin : Zorica Stanojévic
- Oud : Jean Pierre Smadj
- Saxophones : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Piano, organ, melodica : Christian Moore
- Percussion : Carlos Djanuno Dabo
- Derbouka : Shyamal Maitra
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Helena (Peter Segona)
- Bugle, lead vocal : Peter Segona
- Saxophones, backing vocals : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Percussion : Carlos Djanuno Dabo
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Bass, backing vocals : Thierry Negro
- Drums, backing vocals : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Ishan (Eric Gaultier)
- saxophones, Flûte, voix : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Piano, organ arrangement : Christian Moore
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Saint-Tropez (Thierry Negro)
- Violin : Zorica Stanojévic
- Saxophones, Flute, Whistles : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Rhodes, piano : Christian Moore
- Tabla, vocals : Shyamal Maitra
- Didgeridoo : Joel Tessonneau
- Mandoline : Sergio Pirone
- DJ : Andrew Sharpley
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Hombre (Thierry Negro)
in the memory of Justin Hinds
- Violin : Zorica Stanojévic
- Guitar : Kenny St amand
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Bass clarinet : Etienne Brunet
- Vibraphone : Emiko Ota
- Percussion : Carlos Djanuno Dabo
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Gros Morne Blues (Christian Moore)
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Héning
- Steel Drum : Laurent Laslingue
- Tambourine : Serge Nobal
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Lead Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Loves (Laurent Pena-Vieira)
- Saxophones, Flûte : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Pipiri Chantant (Christian Moore)
- Saxophones, Flûte : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Piano, organ, percussion : Christian Moore
- Tambourine : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Dolly (Kenny Saint Amand)
- Vocals : Mabinuori Kayode Idowu "ID"
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Henning
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Lead Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Vibraphone : Emiko Ota
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Recorded by Laurent Sedes in January 2004 at studio Aston (Paris)
Mixed by Henri-Pierre Barnet assisted by Sylvain Kerboua between June and December 2005 at Studio HP&K (Paris)
Mastering by Lionel Nicod at TransLab Studios (Paris) on March 27th, 2006
Liner notes : Mabinuori Kayode Idowu aka ID
Painting : Olivier Gonties
Artwork : Element(s)
(P) 2006, No Format! licensed by Kenny St Amand, Christian Moore, Alex Legrand, Thierry Negro, Laurent Pena-Vieira, Eric Gaultier, Peter Segona, Henri-Pierre Barnet, Angelo Mou
© 2006, Universal Music Jazz France
Burning Spear, the legendary Jamaican reggae music icon traced the evolution of the music from ska to rock - steady and reggae in one of his songs titled Back to the Old School. The latest album from Faya Dub aptly titled World Wide Reggae can equally be considered as Back to the Old School because all eleven tracks, reflect the roots and origin of reggae music. As in their previous albums, Faya Dub is back blazing the trail - true to their founding credo as reggae instrumentalists and underlining with each song the evolution of the music from ska to rock - blended with dance-hall and dub school effects. The group went further to add a variety of traditional musical influences acquired mostly on the road, in their ever-widening tours in Europe.
Like the title of their new work indicates, the exposure of members of Faya Dub to world-wide musical influence, started out in small Parisian clubs that served as training grounds for the notoriety they have come to build as France's instrumental reggae band. The band as we can listen in this new album, are dubbing all the way from the first track titled Tchimb'l, « stand firm in life » in Guyanese Creole, a beautiful reggae piece composed in the Charlie Mingus’ well charged jazz arrangement style. It has a rich instrumental background sound rendered in a typical style that is becoming synonymous with Faya Dub. The second track, Reggy, a funky-reggae tune that takes the listener deep into a soulful, funky trip rendered with a nice rock-dub feeling. Coined in the spirit of words like jazzy or funky, this soulful tune can be considered as very « reggy ». The third track titled Bosnia, an inspiration from the group's performance in the Balkan refugee camps. It has this oriental groove rendered in a gypsy reggae dub style.
Rock'n'Reggy is no doubt 100% « old school » ska. Hombre is rendered in a mixed oriental/east European gypsy style particularly with the violin feeling - another testimony to the group's tour in Bosnia. Gros Morne Blues has this irresistible reggae - blues feeling that carries the listener along with the music - a really blues dub feeling. Gros Morne signifies a little hill in French Caribbean Island slang (Creole), a nostalgic song written in homage to the Caribbean origin of some members of the group. Enhanced by their divers’ origins - a perfect representation of humanoid, this World Wide Reggae CD confirms Faya Dub’s growing reputation as reggae instrumentalists and their ability to interpret rich musical encounters with musicians from all parts of the world.
Another innovation in this album far from reggae music roots is Dolly, an Afrobeat-Reggae piece from Faya Dub's jazz and funk "old school" musical background. Dolly will also serve as Faya dubs "un-song" tribute to the ever growing musical legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Coming from jazz and reggae "old schools" and in homage to Afrobeat king, members of Faya Dub with this Afrobeat-reggae piece have gone further than their classic reggae roots to incorporate afrobeat feelings in their reggae repertoire. All the others songs in this CD underlines the roots and evolution of reggae music.
With World-Wide Reggae, Faya Dub is no doubt reaching out to the world with their brand of instrumental reggae... Big-up and more "Fayaful" Dubs, from this potentially great musical family.
