One World One Voice - Various Artists (1990)
Rupert's ground-breaking project in 1990 for the BBC with Kevin Godley, 'One World, One Voice', assembled 300 musicians worldwide to create the first global composition for mankind. In the form of a musical chain-letter, it travelled the world with Hine improvising its form on the fly. The grand spectacle was ultimately seen by more than 650,000,000 people in 26 countries on the same night! Rupert's collaborators on this world-changing project included Peter Gabriel, Sting, Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde, Dave Stewart, Milton Nascimento, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Kodo Drummers, Geoffrey Oryema. Salif Keita and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. "The world's best musicians perform and contribute to an original score in recording studios on location and around the world: a global composition to encourage people everywhere to tune in to new ways of thinking about the environment and the planet." From the original liner notes: The Music on this album was first played to over a billion people around the world in May 1990 - The climax of the 'One World' series on television. It is the ultimate global mix, the brainchild of Kevin Godley. Filmed and recorded on the road, it is a "chain tape", each of the musicians adding a new theme to the mix as Kevin's team toured the world. All profits will go to charities fighting environ- mental destruction and rising global poverty.
The following artists have contributed to the making of One World One Voice: Afrika Bambaataa, Laurie Anderson, Avelha Guarda Da Portela, Bagamoya Players, Cedric, The Chieftains, Clannad, Johnny Clegg & Savuka, Cy Curnin, Terence Trent D'Arby, Dred, Marc Ducret, Peter Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Dave Gilmour, Egberto Gismonti, Kevin Godley, Eddie Grant, The Great Muungano Cultural Troupe, Richard Guilliano, The Gipsy Kings, Rupert Hine, Chrissie Hynde, Howard Jones, Salif Keita, The Kodo Drummers, Helen Labarriere, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Alexander Dimitriev, Orchestration Simon Jeffes), Ray Lema, Roger Ludvigsen, Maria McKee, Milton Nascimento, native Land & Themba, New Frontier, New Voices Of Freedom, Nu Sounds, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Remmy Ongala & The Super Matimila Orchestra, Geoffrey Oryema, Hermetto Pascoal, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Mari Boine Persen, Courtney Pine, Hossam Ramzy, Enrico Rava, Lou Reed, Robbie Robertson, Michael Rose & Junior, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Clara Sandroni, Shakespear's Sister, Steve Stevens, Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys, Sting, Jow Strummer, Steven Van Zandt, Suzanne Vega, Venice, Christopher Warren-Greene, Adam Woods, GuoYue.
Produced by Rupert HineRecorded and mixed by Stephen W. Tayler Music recorded on location at :Hip Pocket Recording Studios, New York, The Shed, Maidenhead, Real World Studios, Bath, Studio Synth, Rio De Janeiro, Impressao Digital Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Power Station Studios, New York, Chapel Studios, Los Angeles, The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, Studio V, Santa Monica, Base Beat Studios, Helsinki, Studio Des Dames, Paris, Studios Davout, Paris, Philharmonic Hall, Leningrad, Nomis Studios, London. Music post-production :Mark Willie & Ben Darlow, Nomis Studios, London Artists co-ordinators :France & Brazil, Natasha Barrault, Finland, Africa, Pakistan, Pete Holden, WOMAD, Amanda Jones, Real World, Abdu Kelly Illustration by Sue Young & Mike RossProduced by Richard Bain at the Printed Picture CompanyDesigned by Icon London, Los Angeles