''One World One Voice'' is a world music album intended to raise awareness of

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issues, produced by

Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins ...

in 1990. A

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of the entire album was produced for

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together with a "Making of" documentary. It was created as a “chain tape” started by

Kevin Godley Kevin Michael Godley (born 7 October 1945) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and music video director. He is known as the singer and drummer of the art rock band 10cc and later as part of collaboration duo Godley & Creme with Lol Creme ...

. The multitrack tape was sent to various studios around the world where local artists added their contributions to it. Sections of the video were also filmed in the performers' home countries and edited together. Artists participating were

Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenc ...

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

, A Velha Guarda Da Portela, Bagamoyo Players, Cedric,

The Chieftains The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous wi ...

Clannad Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including f ...

Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...

Savuka Savuka, occasionally referred to as Johnny Clegg & Savuka, was a multi-racial South African band formed in 1986 by Johnny Clegg after the disbanding of Juluka. Savuka's music blended traditional Zulu musical influences with Celtic music and ro ...

Cy Curnin Cyril John Curnin (born 12 December 1957, Wimbledon, England) is a singer/songwriter and musician and is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, the Fixx. As a songwriter, he has co-written over a dozen songs that have appeared on the ' ...

Terence Trent D'Arby Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard; March 15, 1962), who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, ''Introducing the Hardlin ...

, Dred,

Marc Ducret Marc Ducret (born 19 August 1957) is a contemporary avant-garde jazz guitarist who frequently collaborates with saxophonist Tim Berne. Ducret's guitar style is idiosyncratic, having been called "highly original and very expressive," but also ...

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

Bob Geldof Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (; born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Rock music in Ireland, Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved ...

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, Kevin Godley, Eddie Grant,

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, Rupert Hine,

Chrissie Hynde Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band the Pretenders, and one of the band's two remaining original members alon ...

, Howard Jones,

Salif Keita Salif Keïta () (born 25 August 1949) is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa". He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali. Biography Early life Salif Keita was born a traditional prince in the village o ...

, The Kodo Drummers, Hélène Labarrière, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra (conductor

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, orchestration

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Ray Lema Raymond Lema A'nsi Nzinga (born 30 March 1946), known as Ray Lema, is a Congolese (DRC) musician. A pianist, guitarist, and songwriter, he settled in France in 1982.

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, Native Land & Themba, New Frontier, New voices of freedom, Nu Sounds,

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, Remmy Ongala & The Super Matimala Orchestra,

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, Mari Boine Persen,

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, Michael Rose & Junior,

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, Clara Sandroni,

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, Adam Woods and Guo Yue Recorded and Mixed by Stephen W Tayler

Track listing

# Robbie Robertson, Wayne Shorter, Egberto Gismonti, Ryuichi Sakamoto - Chief Seattle Speaks # Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila, Sting, Kevin Godley, Dred, Chaz Rich, R.M.R., Steve Stevens, Ray Lema, Cedric, Courtney Pine, Hermeto Pascoal & His Band, Afrika Bambaataa, Hossam Ramzy, Rupert Hine, Cy Curnin, Adam Woods, Maria McKee, New Voices of Freedom, New Frontier - One World One Voice # Gipsy Kings, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Este Mundo # Hermeto Pascoal & His Band, Laurie Anderson - (Instrumental) # The Chieftains, Guo Yue, Bagamogyo Players - (Irish Instrumental) # A Velha Guarda Da Portela - Brazilian Party # Peter Gabriel, Milton Nascimento, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wayne Shorter, Egberto Gismonti, Steven van Zandt, Guo Yue - Foreplay To One Heart # Peter Gabriel, Steven van Zandt, Stewart Copeland, Hélène Labarrière, Geoffrey Oryema, Courtney Pine, Joe Strummer, Shakespears Sister, New York Street People - One Heart # Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys, Shakespears Sister, Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Enrico Rava - World Music From Another World # Michael Rose, Junior, Steve Stevens, Rupert Hine, Stewart Copeland - One World # Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - One World # Geoffrey Oryema, Clannad, Peter Gabriel, Chrissie Hynde, Mari Boine, Roger Ludvigsen - Ri Na Cruinne, Gula Gula # Native Land & Themba, Venice - Oh Ya # Milton Nascimento, Bagamoyo Players - De Fira # Peter Gabriel, Geoffrey Oryema, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Egberto Gismonti, Stewart Copeland, Suzanne Vega - One White Field # Great Muungano Cultural Troup, Joe Strummer - (Drum Instrumental) # Lou Reed, Richard Galliano, Penguin Cafe Orchestra - One World, One Voice # Salif Keita, Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Nami Watah # Laurie Anderson, Clannad - The Whale # Johnny Clegg & Savuka, Eddy Grant, Long Shawah - Green World # Howard Jones, David Gilmour, Christopher Warren-Greene, Hossam Ramzy, Bob Geldof, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Terence Trent D'Arby, Venice, Clara Sandroni, Marie Boine - We Will Meet Again (Everybody's Got A Hole To Fill)(Portuguese: A gente vai se encontrar de novo) # The Kodo Drummers, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra - Finale

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