''Riddim Warfare'' is a 1998 studio album by

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. It includes contributions from Sir Menelik,

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, Ben Neil,

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, and

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Critical reception

John Bush of

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gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "Only one man could conceive of an album including turntable battles, a workout for Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore, and a spoken-word piece on the same album." Joshua Klein of ''

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'' said, "the record is a surprisingly lithe and notably straightforward exercise in hip-hop psychedelia." Marc Weingarten of ''

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'' called it "the most cohesive and rhythmically righteous album of his career."

Track listing

Personnel

– nmbara, wind chimes, gongs, street noises, additional vocals, bass, electric guitar on track 3, acoustic guitar on track 8 * Sir Menelik – vocals on tracks 3, 9 *

– vocals on tracks 3, 17 * Akin Atoms – guitar on tracks 4, 14, 20 *

Karsh Kale Karsh Kale (pronounced ''Kursh Kah-lay'', ''कर्ष काळे'' in Marathi; born 1 November 1974) is an Indian-American musician born in England. Known primarily for his experimental tabla playing within electronic music contexts, Kale' ...

– drums on tracks 4, 14, 20 *

– guitar on track 7 * Lucio Maia – guitar on track 7 * Dhengue – bass on track 7 * Jorge Du Peixe – drums on track 7 * Gulmar Bola8 – drums on track 7 * Gira – drums on track 7 * Pupilo – drums on track 7 * Toca Ogan – percussion on track 7 * Marcos Matias – percussion on track 7 * Prince Poetry – vocals on track 8 * Pharoah Monch – vocals on track 8 *

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– acoustic guitar on track 8 * Ambassador Jr. – vocals and scratches on track 10 * Grisha Coleman – vocals on track 11 *

– vocals on track 13 *

Manny Oquendo Manny Oquendo (January 1, 1931 – March 25, 2009) was an American percussionist of Puerto Rican ancestry. His main instruments were the timbales and the bongos. He was a long-time member of Eddie Palmieri's Conjunto La Perfecta, which he lef ...

– keyboard on tracks 14, 20 * Micah Gaugh – saxophone on track 14 * Julia Sher – vocals on track 16 *

– guitar on track 19 * Ben Neil – trumpet on track 20 *

– vocals on track 21

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1998 albums DJ Spooky albums