Zulu War Chant - Music

Time Zone Was A Hip-Hop Band Headed By Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa Worked With Different Musicians For Each Time Zone Project. The First Time Zone Single Was The 1983 Electro Song "The Wildstyle" Which Featured Music From A German Project Called Wunderwerke. Bambaataa Was Introduced To Their Music By Rusty Egan Of Visage. The Song Became Very Popular Among Break-Dancers At The Time. In 1984 Time Zone Released Their Most Well-Known Single "World Destruction". A Collaboration Between Bambaataa Public Image Ltd. Leader John Lydon And Producer/bassist Bill Laswell This Single Is The First Real Rapcore Song Predating Run-DMC & Aerosmith's "Walk This Way". The Single Was Arranged By Laswell After Lydon And Bambaataa Had Acknowledged Respect For Each Other's Work Afrika Bambaataa "I Was Talking To Bill Laswell Saying I Need Somebody Who's Really Crazy Man And He Thought Of John Lydon. I Knew He Was Perfect Because I'd Seen This Movie That He'd Made Copkiller I Knew About All The Sex Pistols And Public Image Stuff So We Got Together And We Did A Smashing Crazy Version And A Version Where He Cussed The Queen Something Terrible Which Was Never Released." John Lydon "We Went In Put A Drum Beat Down On The Machine And Did The Whole Thing In About Four-And-A-Half Hours. It Was Very Very Quick." The Single Also Includes Renowned Musicians Bernie Worrell Nicky Skopelitis And Aiyb Dieng All Of Whom Would Later Play On PiL's Album. Laswell Also Played Bass And Produced That Album. Although The Song Was Critically Acclaimed Bambaataa Put The Time Zone Project On Hold While He Worked On Other Projects. In 1992 Bambaataa Revived The Project With The Single "Zulu War Chant" Which Was Well-Received Among Fans Of Old School Hip-Hop. Time Zone Released A Handful Of Singles In The Early-1990s Which Were Compiled In The 1992 Album Thy Will B Funk. In 1995 The Band Released Another Album Entitled Warlocks And Witches Computer Chips Microchips And You. The Album Featured Contributions From George Clinton And His P-Funk Horns. But Neither Album Sold Well And Bambaataa Retired Time Zone. In 2005 Bambaataa Again Revived The Time Zone Moniker For An Album Of Breakbeats Titled Everyday People The Breakbeat Party Album. read less