BATTLEFIELD BAND
Zama Zama

COMD 2102

096045000020
Temple Records
UK Regno Unito

 

This album started as a collection of songs and tunes about gold.
But as we searched, like the alchemists of old, it turned into a wider idea. In the process we saw the greed, disasters and human resilence and victories inherent in the search and exploitation of various sources of wealth in this is world.
Then, as if by demonic serendipity, along comes the worldwide economic crisis. We watched the major banks, insurance companies and hedge funds etc., implode, discrediting the entire financial system and many of its managers and advisers – but there was still more to come.
We will leave you to mine these extraordinary stories for
yourselves.
Enjoy the music


This album started as a collection of songs and tunes about gold.
But as we searched, like the alchemists of old, it turned into a wider idea. In the process we saw the greed, disasters and human resilence and victories inherent in the search and exploitation of various sources of wealth in this is world.
Then, as if by demonic serendipity, along comes the worldwide economic crisis. We watched the major banks, insurance companies and hedge funds etc., implode, discrediting the entire financial system and many of its managers and advisers – but there was still more to come.
We, in Britain, could only stand and watch aghast as many (too many), Members of Parliament, and the House of Lords at Westminster, ‘the Mother of Parliaments’ were exposed for their cynical misuse of the expenses system, often amounting to fraud.
As we put this album together, with our producer Robin Morton, we have in turn, been amazed, amused, heartened, angered, depressed and hilariously horrified. We have given notes about the background of each track, but you can find much more on the internet if you dig further. Who knew about the Zama Zama Boys? Seek out Ku’ula-kai, the Hawaiian god of fish; or the extraordinary folklore and history of chocolate. We will leave you to mine these extraordinary stories for
yourselves.
Enjoy the music