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African Head Charge

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Psychedelic dub ensemble formed in 1981 by percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah with producer Adrian Sherwood on the On-U Sound label, fusing Nyabinghi-rooted drumming with dub studio techniques into a globally influential body of work.

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Wikipedia; On-U Sound official site.

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African Head Charge — A Bad Attitude (Official Video)

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Official African Head Charge YouTube channel upload, On-U Sound; discovery-only embed.

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Story · Well supportedOn-U Sound and the UK dub continuum

How a London label turned King Tubby's mixing-desk science into a post-punk-era sound of its own.

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