''Nomad'' is the third

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Tribal Tech Tribal Tech was a progressive fusion band, originally formed in 1984 by guitarist Scott Henderson and bass player Gary Willis. From 1993 forward the band included Scott Kinsey on keyboard and Kirk Covington on drums, and released ten albums tha ...

, a project led by guitarist

Scott Henderson Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954) is an American jazz fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech. Tribal Tech Henderson formed Tribal Tech with bass player Gary Willis in 1984. Under the direction of Hende ...

and bassist

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. The album was recorded in April 1988, but not released until 1990.

Delay of release

Although ''Nomad'' was recorded and mixed in 1988, its release was delayed by nearly two years because Tribal Tech's previous label Passport Records went bankrupt, and the group had to search for another label and buy back the rights of the album. By 1989, Tribal Tech had been signed to

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, and ''Nomad'' was planned for release that summer. However, the album was not officially released until early 1990. On the album's delay, Henderson told '' Guitar World'': "I actually had to buy back my own record from the bank. But before they allowed me to do that, they ran an investigation on me to find out if I was anybody important–if I was some kind of million-seller rock star or something. And when they finally realized that it was actually a jazz record, that it wasn't going to be worth mega-bucks to them, they agreed to sell it to me, which took a few more months to negotiate. Once I got possession of the album, I had to shop for a new deal, which took another seven months."

Track listing

#"Renegade" (

) – 5:51 #"Nomad" (

) – 7:18 #"Robot Immigrants" (

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) – 5:09 #"Tunnel Vision" (

) – 4:43 #"Elegy For Shoe" (

) – 4:09 #"Bofat" (

) – 8:34 #"No No No" (

) – 5:53 #"Self Defense" (

) – 5:00 #"Rituals" (

) – 5:44

Personnel

- Guitars *

- Bass *

- Mallets & Percussion *

- Keyboards *

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- Drums

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums Tribal Tech albums Albums produced by Scott Henderson