Robbie Robertson - Contact from the Underworld of Red Boy - 1998

Excelente sucesor para el "Music for The Native Americans" de cuatro años atrás, éste "Contact from the Underworld of Red Boy" continúa explorando la música nativa americana sobre ritmos funk electronificados saludablemente

THE SOUND IS FADING

PEYOTE HEALING

MAKING A NOISE

Throughout his solo career, Robbie Robertson has been as fascinated with sonics as he was with songwriting, so perhaps it wasn't entirely surprising that he collaborated with techno DJ/producer Howie B and remixer Marius de Vries on his fourth album, Contact from the Underworld of Redboy. Anyone familiar with his moody, atmospheric solo efforts will realize that there's a bigger jump between Music from Big Pink and Robbie Robertson than there is between the Daniel Lanois-produced Robbie Robertson and the ambient-flavored Contact, but the electronic textures and dance beats still may come as a shock to some. The electronics are interwoven with blues, folk, country and rock, as well as American Indian music. And, as on Music for the Native Americans, Robertson is primarily concerned with American Indians throughout Contact, whether it's through the chants of "Peyote Healing" or the protest of "Sacrifice," which features Leornard Peltier -- a Native American who has been imprisoned since 1976 on charges of murder many believe are fabricated -- on a telephone call. Both his lyrical and musical concerns can get bogged down in their own pretensions, but often, the results are provocative and unique. 

-- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide

IN THE BLOOD

UNBOUND

RATTLEBONE

PROGRAMA

01. The Sound Is Fading

02. The Code Of Handsome Lake

03. Making A Noise

04. Unbound

05. Sacrifice

06. Rattlebone

07. Peyote Healing

08. In The Blood

09. Stomp Dance (Unity)

10. The Lights

11. Take Your Partner by the Hand (con Howie B.)

Robertson le cede la palabra a Leonard Peltier, preso desde 1976, de quien se dice que está encerrado por su condición de nativo americano, acusado de un crimen que no cometió.Personalidades como Nelson Mandela y el Dalai Lama intercedieron por él sin éxito.

SACRIFICE

PERSONAL

Robbie Robertson, vocals/guitar/producer

Tim Simenon

Nellee Hooper

Lucien Jordain

Johnny Mike

Jeremy Shaw

Joanne Shenandoah

The Six Nations Women Singers

Quinn Yarborough

Leah Hicks-Manning

James Bilagody

Jackie Bird

Star Nayea

Ivan Nevile

Rita Coolidge

Cree Summer

Caroline MacKendrick

Bonnie Jo Hunt

Anthony Begay

Verdell Primeaux

Priscilla Coolidge

Laura Satterfield, vocals

Chief Jake Thomas

Leonard Peltier, spoken vocals

Bill Dillon, guitar

Mazti Galindo,flute

Jim Wilson, keyboards/drum/percussion/programming/engineer

Marius De Vries, producer

Tim Gordine, keyboards/programming/engineer

Jules Brooks, keyboards

Geoffrey Gordon, drums/frame drum/percussion

Rupert Brown

Benito Concha, drums

Jony Rockstar

Vinez Pvel

Andrew Scheps, programming

Madeleine Allakariallak

Phoebe Atagotaaluk, vocals

Howie B, producer/engineer

Tim Stroh, engineer

Carmen Rizzo, engineer

El último track, nombrado como bonus en la edición que poseo, es una colaboración con Howie B., quien ya lo había publicado en su propio álbum "Turn The Dark Off" el año anterior.

TAKE YOUR PARTNER BY THE HAND