- The Album | - The DVD | |
Produced by Duncan Bridgeman & Jamie Catto.
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World music, world travel, and worldly wisdom form the unified whole of the ambitiously bohemian DVD 1 Giant Leap.
Creators Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto cast themselves as globetrotting ambassadors of goodwill and good music, and they prove better as musical explorers than as filmmakers. The result is a flowing, loose-knit tapestry of imagery, interviews, and diverse performances.
Gathering material from 25 countries and dozens of famous and not-so-famous musicians, authors, celebrities, spiritualists, philosophers, and unique individuals from nearly every cultural background, this enveloping DVD is best enjoyed as a soothing audiovisual odyssey (select "loop mode" for continuous play!).
Assembling this cornucopia by theme (Time, Inspiration, Sex, God, Death, etc.), Bridgeman and Catto function as co-composers with an astonishing array of collaborators, giving 1 Giant Leap its richly international (and some might say inter-spiritual) identity. The result is a far-reaching glimpse of our world through the eyes of those who improve it by their musical presence. --Jeff Shannon |
Tracklisting |
The DVD features 11 chapters: |
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01. Dunya Salaam.................................. | feat. Baaba Maal (2.55) | Time (u.a. Dennis Hopper, Brian Eno, Eddie Reader, Mahotella Queens) |
02. My Culture ........... (lyrics)................. | feat. Robbie Williams & Maxi Jazz (5.39) | Masks (u.a. Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ram Dass, Lynne Franks) |
03. The way you dream.......(lyrics).......... | feat. Michael Stipe & Asha Bhosle (8.20) | Money (u.a. Grant Lee Phillips, Anita Roddick, Michael Franti) |
04. Ma' Africa......................................... | feat. The Mahotella Queens & Ulali (4.48) | Confrontation (u.a. Michael Franti, Penny Shaw, Soweto String Quartet) |
05. Braided Hair ........ (lyrics)................. | feat. Speech & Neneh Cherry (4.03) | God/Faith (u.a. Whirimako Black, Baaba Maal, The Improbable Theatre) |
06. Ta Moko........................................... | feat. Whirimako Black (5.09) | God/Blasphemy (u.a. Baaba Maal, Dave Randall) |
07. Bushes............................................ | feat. Baaba Maal (6.34) | God/Unity (u.a. Michael Stipe, Dennis Hopper, Tim Booth) |
08. Passion .......... (lyrics)..................... | feat. Michael Franti (5.46) | Inspiration (u.a. Baaba Maal, Ulali, Ram Daas, Maxi Jazz) |
09. Daphne ........ (lyrics)....................... | feat. Eddi Reader, The Mahotella Queens | Sex (u.a. Eddie Reader, Tim Booth, Sharon Mitchell) |
& Revetti Sakalar (7.03) | Death (u.a. Mahotella Queens, Dennis Hopper, Tom Robbins) | |
10. All alone (On Eilean Shona)...(lyrics)... | feat. Duncan Bridgeman (7.50) | Happy (u.a. K. Vonnegut, T. Robbins, Jamie & Mustapha Tettey Addy Drummers |
11. Racing away ....(lyrics)...................... | feat. Grant Lee Phillips & Horace Andy (5.59) | |
12. Ghosts............................................. | feat. Eddi Reader (6.36) | |
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Recording:
" We recorded the music on an Apple G3 400 Powerbook using Logic, and
also carried about 4 or five mikes, two stands, battery belts to power the
laptop an a little customized (12 volt) mixing desk for 6 hours at a time in the
desert, jungle, mountains or anywhere where there was no electricity.
In case you're interested, we also cut the film on the same computers with Final
Cut Pro for editing and logging the footage."
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detailed tech info here: Have Laptop, Will Travel: 1 Giant Leap's Portable Studio Setup
MAPS
The maps refer to the dvd-versions of the songs
Daphne
Ta Moko
The way you dream
Ghosts
If you go
Passion
Braided Hair
My Culture
Time
Song: Daphne
vocals |
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Eddi Reader |
London |
Mahotella Queens, Pops Mohamed |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Revetti Sakalkar |
Varanasi, India |
Yeye |
Kokrobite, Ghana |
percussion |
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Pops Mohammed, Richard Carter |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Bahman Mobayen, Ahmed Mohammed, Abdullah Chhady |
Turkey |
Oud |
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Robbin Jeffrey |
UK |
Flute |
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Ronu Majumdar |
Mumbai, India |
Nyatiti |
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Ayub Ogada |
Kenya, Africa |
Indin Classical guitar |
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Sanjay Kumar Verma |
Varanasi, India |
Speakers |
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Stuart Brand |
San Francisco, USA |
Rabbi Kantor |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Brian Eno |
London, UK |
Zebulon Dread |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Jerry Sadowitz |
London, UK |
Kurt Vonnegut |
New York, USA |
Baaba Maal |
Dakar, Senegal |
Dennis Hopper |
L.A., USA |
Masks and Roles
Song: Masks
Vocals |
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Linton Kwesi Johnson |
London UK |
Revetti Sakalkar |
Varanasi, India |
Conga |
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Basu |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Indian Classical guitar |
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Sanjay Kumar Verma |
Varanasi, India |
Dancers |
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Bana Cissoko and Family |
Dakar, Senegal |
Speakers |
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Ram Dass |
San Francisco, USA |
Anees Jung |
New Delhi, India |
Dennis Hopper |
L.A., USA |
Lynne Franks |
London, UK |
Mohammed Zulkiti |
Bankok, Thailand |
Dr Rewati Sakalkar |
Varanasi, India |
Money
Song: Racing Away (dvd version)
The extra mile
Vocals |
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Kaolin Thompson |
Capetown, S. Africa |
Grant Lee Philips |
L.A., USA |
Kong |
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Luang Padit Thairoh School |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Marimba, Djembe, Talking drum |
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Frank Byng |
London, UK |
Trumpet |
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Eddie Quansah |
Sydney, Australia |
Varanasi Fire drummers |
Varanasi, India |
Speakers |
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Anita Roddick |
London, UK |
George Nuku |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Michael Franti |
San Francisco, USA |
Zebulon Dread |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Fred Reid |
Sydney, Australia |
Tom Robbins |
Seattle, USA |
Confrontation
Song: Fuss & Fight
Innocente
Poem |
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Michael Franti |
San Francisco, USA |
Jiggs |
Soweto, S. Africa |
Rap |
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Spencer Love |
Atlanta, USA |
Haka |
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Tehamua Nikora |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Vocal |
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Penny Shaw |
Melbourne, Australia |
Harp |
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Kirsten Olivier |
Capetown, S. Africa |
Strings |
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Soweto String quartet |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Tabla |
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Kishore Kumar Mishra |
Varanasi, India |
Sarangi |
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Santosh Kumar Mishra |
Varanasi, India |
Electric sitar |
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Paco |
Tapovan, France |
Clarinet |
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Carol Robinson |
Paris, France |
Percussion |
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Smart and friends |
Accra, Thana |
Theramin |
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Frank Byng |
London, UK |
Tombak |
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Bahman Mobayen |
Turkey |
Oud |
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Robin Jeffrey |
UK |
Speakers |
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Fred Reid |
Sydney, Australia |
David Oldfied, On Nation party |
Sydney, Australia |
George Nuku |
Auckland, New Zealand |
God/Faith
Song: Ta Moko
Vocals |
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Whirimako Black |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Duduk |
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Levon Minassien |
Marseilles, France |
Flute |
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Ronu Majumdar |
Mumbai, India |
Darbooka |
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Bahman Mobayen |
Turkey |
Elctric violin |
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Brendan Jury |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Puppet |
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Sunny c/o The Improbably Theatre |
Song Dunya Salaam
Vocals |
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Baaba Maal |
Dakar, Senegal |
Electric mandolin |
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U. Srinivas |
Bangalore, India |
Keyboards |
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duncan |
God/Blasphemy
Song: Bushes
Vocals |
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Baaba Maal |
Dakar, Senegal |
Conga |
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Richard Carter |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Electric guitar |
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Dave Dandall |
London, UK |
Keyboards, Programming |
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Duncan |
God/Unity
Song: The way you dream (dvd version)
Vocals |
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Asha Bhosle |
Jaipur, India |
Michael Stipe |
Athens Georgia, USA |
Tim Booth |
Brighton, UK |
Putorino |
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James Webster |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Electric guitar |
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Dave Randall |
London, UK |
Kora |
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Pops Mohamed |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Acoustic guitar, bass, keybords, pgrm |
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duncan |
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speakers |
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Jerry Sadowitz |
London, UK |
Linesh Shesh |
Mumbai, India |
Tom Robbins |
Seatlle, USA |
Gabrielle Roth |
New York, Usa |
Dennis Hopper |
L.A., USA |
Speech |
Atlanta, USA |
Hilda Buthelezi |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Rabbi Kantor |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Elders of the Tachi reservation |
USA |
Prabir |
Calcutta, India |
Baaba Maal |
Dakar, Senegal |
Inspiration
Song: This is what comes through to us
Vocals |
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Tanya Carosvska |
Macedonia |
Baaba Maal |
Dakar, Senegal |
African Show boys |
Accra, Ghana |
Ulali |
USA |
Percussion |
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Mustapha Tettey Addy drummers |
Kokrobite, Ghana |
Richard Carter |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Nyatiti |
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Ayub Ogada |
Kenya, Africa |
Dancers |
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Bana Cissoko and Family |
Dakar, Senegal |
Speakers |
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TO Jazz |
Accra, Ghana |
Kaolin Thompson |
Capetown, S. Africa |
Ram Dass |
San Francisco, USA |
Baaba Maal |
Dakar, Senegal |
Maxi Jazz |
London, UK |
Kurt Vonnegut |
New York, USA |
Dennis Hopper |
L.A., USA |
Tom Robbins |
Seattle, USA |
George Nuku |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Sex
Song: Ghosts
Vocals |
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Eddie Reader |
London, UK |
Lyrics |
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Tim Booth |
Brighton, UK |
Keyboards, programming |
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Duncan |
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Speakers |
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Sharon Mitchell |
L.A., USA |
Symbolic cars |
Beverly Hills, USA |
Patravadi Mejudhon |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Cosi Fabian |
San Francisco, USA |
Death
Song: If you go
Vocals |
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Duncan, the Mahotella Queens |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Bongos |
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Richard Carter |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Doudouk |
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Levon Minassien |
Marseilles, France |
Sepewera |
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Aaron Bebe |
Accra, Ghana |
Kong |
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Luang Padit Thairoh School |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Indian classical guitar |
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Sanjay Kumar Verma |
Varanasi, India |
Speakers |
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Dennis Hopper |
L.A., USA |
Tom Robbins |
Seattle, USA |
Kid Sithole, Pops Mohamed |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Fred Reid |
Sydney, Australia |
Davina McCall |
London, UK |
Ram Dass |
San Francisco, USA |
Nicholas Ellenbogen |
Capetown, S. Africa |
Dr Rewati Sakalkar |
Varanasi, India |
Happy
Song: Passion
Vocals |
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Jamie, Mustapha Tettey Addy drummers, |
Kokrobite, Ghana |
vocalists from Kayelitcha |
Capetown, S. Africa |
Baligashma Xylophone group, street kids, kings tomb singers |
Kamplala, Uganda |
Yadav Bablu and party |
Varanasi, India |
Drums |
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The drummers of the world |
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Marimba |
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Aaron Bebe |
Accra, Ghana |
Electric guitar |
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Nigel Butler |
London, UK |
Speakers |
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Gabrielle Roth |
New York, USA |
Tom Robbins |
Seattle, USA |
Elders of the Tachi reservation |
USA |
Kurt Vonnegut |
New York, USA |
Song: Braided Hair
Vocals |
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Speech |
Atlanta, USA |
Ulali |
USA |
Additional vocals |
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Neneh Cherry |
London, UK |
Esraj |
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Kishore Kumar Mishra |
Varanasi, India |
Karteel |
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The Jewel |
Pushkar, India |
Bongo |
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Richard Carter |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |
Song: My Culture
Vocals |
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Maxi Jazz |
London, UK |
Robbie Williams |
London, UK |
Guitar |
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Dave Randall |
London, UK |
Acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, pgrm |
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duncan |
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Speakers |
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George Nuku |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Kurt Vonnegut |
New York, USA |
Dennis Hopper |
L.A., USA |
Johny Clegg |
Johannesburg, S. Africa |