''Revenge of the Mozabites'' is the first studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by the band

Suns of Arqa Suns of Arqa are a world music collective founded in 1979 by Michael Wadada. Since the group's formation, over 200 people from around the world have played and recorded with them, and in many cases these were like-minded musicians Wadada met ...

, recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 by Rocksteady Records. The album was produced by

founder Michael Wadada (credited on the sleeve as Michael Mafia), and his friend

Adrian Sherwood Adrian Maxwell Sherwood (born 20 January 1958, London, England) is an English record producer specialising in the genre of dub music. He has created a distinctive production style based on the application of dub effects and dub mixing technique ...

(credited on the sleeve as Adran Ridims). The tracks on this album are completely eclectic with many different genres featured on the tracks. The styles include Dub, Irish, Indian, and a little flamenco. All tracks from this album were made available on CD in 1992 on the compilation Arqaology, released on Arka Sound. The full album was finally released on CD with its original cover art and track listing by Arka Sound in 2001, with a bonus track "Acid Tabla Remix" which was originally released on the single "GD Magick" in 1983. The album was re-issued on CD in the US by Corbett vs Dempsey in 2017, with three bonus tracks. 'Asian Rebel (Hyphen Dub)' is a dub remix by Brian Hyphen and both this and 'Acid Tabla (Hyphen Edit)' were previously released on the Acid Tabla 12", the latter being the 12" A-Side. 'Sanaiscara Saturn (Hyphen Edit)' is a new edit which is significantly faster and shorter than the original.

Track listing

Light Side

# "Acid Tablas" – 3:44 # "World Peace, A Dream?" – 2:12 # "Scully's Reel" – 1:29 # "Bali Citra" – 3:37 # "Scully's Jig" – 1:49 # "Piece Of The World" – 1:08 # "Acid Tabla Dub" – 3:00

Dark Side

# "Ananta Snake Dance" – 7:22 # "Return Of The Mozabites" – 3:35 # "Sanaiscara Saturn" – 6:31 # "Paintings Of A Cave" – 1:24 # "Acid Tabla Remix" - 3:45 **On 2001 CD re-issue only.

2017 US CD Bonus Tracks

# "Asian Rebel (Hyphen Dub)" - 5:16 # "Sanaiscara Saturn (Hyphen Edit)" - 3:54 # "Acid Tabla (Hyphen Edit)" - 6:09

Personnel

As well as founding member Michael Wadada, the band on this album features

Style Scott Lincoln Valentine Scott (29 April 1956 – 9 October 2014), better known as Style Scott, was a Jamaican reggae drummer, famous for playing in the Roots Radics and, later, with Dub Syndicate. He also recorded and performed with Prince Far I, Bunn ...

on drums, Mark Stone on flamenco guitar, Ian Green on bassoon, Tony Sullivan on banjo and Moot Beret on Chinese Shawm.Sleevenotes of Arqaology CD reissue from 1992

References

{{Authority control 1980 debut albums Suns of Arqa albums albums produced by Adrian Sherwood