Mausiki Scales: Remembrance Has Not Left Us

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Bio

MAUSIKI SCALES
& COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE
CGC is a 15 piece Afro beat-Soul orchestra based in Atlanta, GA that functions under the musical direction of Mausiki Scales, who also serves as keyboardist for the group. In addition to his role as a bandleader and keyboardist, Scales works as a professor in the Morehouse College history department. CGC samples musical styles from West Africa, including Afro beat to the Funk-Jazz styling’s from "round ‘da way" and seeks to explore the musical thread that links the music of Africans worldwide. The foundation of CGC's sonic delivery is Afro beat, a musical style created by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti. This style of music is characterized by highly energetic-endless grooves by the rhythm section with percussive roots that are found in traditional Yoruba music, Highlife and James Brown inspired funk. The band has a dynamic horn section that features tight/hot/percussive lines and jazz solos, call-and-response chants delivered by the lead and background vocalists and African dancers. CGC’s complete funk fusion is undeniably infectious!

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Credits

MAUSIKI SCALES & COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE


REMEMBRANCE HAS NOT LEFT US

The Beauty
Fruit Salad
Road To Kumasi
Kou Kou
Sacred Space
Moments
Heartfelt
Ancestral Dreams
Echoes
Cloud of Witnesses
Orunmila Hrling
Travel Time
Rainy Season
Wonderful
Light as a Feather


All Compositions © 2005 Mausiki Scales. All Rights Reserved.V


Musicians

Mausiki Scales - Fender Rhodes Electric Piano/Acoustic Piano/Synthesizer
Carla “C#” Gomez – Lead & Background vocal (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14)
Sauda Jackson - Vocals (tracks 4, 13)
John Swails – Vocals (tracks 2, 5)
Monica Brown - Vocals (track 15)
Wali Neil - Lead Vocals (track 10)
Udoh Opiotennione - Tenor & Alto Saxophones/Trumpet (track 8)
Dashille Sun Nova – Trumpet (track 13)
Juan Fannin – Bass/Drum machine Programming/Background Vocals
Ralph Ball - Guitar (all tracks except 7, 10)
Steve Lake - Guitar (tracks 6, 7, 10)
Dale Haynes - Background Vocals (track 4)


All Tracks recorded @ Jam Session Studios, College Park, GA
Engineer: Juan "Bass man" Fannin
Mastered by: Lionel Andrews
Additional Mastering by: Naphtali Fakade Selassie


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Mausiki Scales
© 2005 Mausiki Scales. All Rights Reserved.