Revenant sans cesse puiser aux sources des musiques afro-caribéennes — reggae ska — pour partir explorer de nouveaux territoires (afro-beat, Orient, jazz...), Faya Dub, avec une décontraction contagieuse, invente une musique « aux semelles de vent ».
Faya Dub music is a peaceful river whose majestic flood flows from its distant roots — reggae, ska — and runs through new musical territories, afro beat, Mingus style jazz... the perfect soundtrack for our utopia of music universality.
credits
released June 12, 2006
Tchimb'l (Eric Gaultier)
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Henning
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Piano, organ: Christian Moore
- Vibraphone : Emiko Ota
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Reggy (Eric Gaultier)
- Saxophones, Flûte : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Henning
- Solo Piano : Maurice Coppola
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Lead Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Piano, organ, clavinet arrangement : Christian Moore
- Clavinet : Moctarr Wurie
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Bosnia (Thierry Negro)
- Violin : Zorica Stanojévic
- Oud : Jean Pierre Smadj
- Saxophones : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Piano, organ, melodica : Christian Moore
- Percussion : Carlos Djanuno Dabo
- Derbouka : Shyamal Maitra
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Helena (Peter Segona)
- Bugle, lead vocal : Peter Segona
- Saxophones, backing vocals : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Percussion : Carlos Djanuno Dabo
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Bass, backing vocals : Thierry Negro
- Drums, backing vocals : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Ishan (Eric Gaultier)
- saxophones, Flûte, voix : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Piano, organ arrangement : Christian Moore
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Saint-Tropez (Thierry Negro)
- Violin : Zorica Stanojévic
- Saxophones, Flute, Whistles : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Rhodes, piano : Christian Moore
- Tabla, vocals : Shyamal Maitra
- Didgeridoo : Joel Tessonneau
- Mandoline : Sergio Pirone
- DJ : Andrew Sharpley
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Hombre (Thierry Negro )
in the memory of Justin Hinds
- Violin : Zorica Stanojévic
- Guitar : Kenny St amand
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Bass clarinet : Etienne Brunet
- Vibraphone : Emiko Ota
- Percussion : Carlos Djanuno Dabo
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Gros Morne Blues (Christian Moore)
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Héning
- Steel Drum : Laurent Laslingue
- Tambourine : Serge Nobal
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Lead Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Loves (Laurent Pena-Vieira)
- Saxophones, Flûte : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Piano, organ : Christian Moore
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Pipiri Chantant (Christian Moore)
- Saxophones, Flûte : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Piano, organ, percussion : Christian Moore
- Tambourine : Serge Nobal
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Dolly (Kenny Saint amand)
- Vocals : Mabinuori Kayode Idowu "ID"
- Saxophones, Flute : Eric Gaultier "Rico"
- Trombone : Thomas Henning
- Guitar : Kenny St Amand
- Lead Guitar : Alex Legrand
- Percussion : Serge Nobal
- Vibraphone : Emiko Ota
- Bass : Thierry Negro
- Drums : Laurent Pena-Vieira
Recorded by Laurent Sedes in January 2004 at studio Aston (Paris)
Mixed by Henri-Pierre Barnet assisted by Sylvain Kerboua between June and December 2005 at Studio HP&K (Paris)
Mastering by Lionel Nicod at TransLab Studios (Paris) on March 27th, 2006