Justin Adams - guitar, vocals, bendir, Juldeh Camara - riti, vocals, kologo, talking drum, Billy Fuller - bass, vocals, Dave Smith - drums, percussion
In Trance was recorded live to capture the spirit of JuJu’s ecstatic, trance-like performances on stage – channelling hypnotic rhythms from traditional Africa, leftfield jazz and the wilder end of rock.
Not long ago, on a night lit up by a fat golden moon, JuJu took a trip. Fuelled by rocking guitar and one-string swing, by backseat bass and Afro-jazz beats, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara travelled to the place where tradition meets psychedelia – and then teetered, out there, on the edge. Theirs was a journey of rhythmic circles and open spaces, a journey over age-old grooves and along futuristic highways: a journey where the destination – with its whirling spirals and other kaleidoscopic motifs – counted as much as the journey.
“We just came together, plugged in and played,” says Adams of In Trance, a one-take marvel that begs repeated listening. “We played it exactly as we play it live. It was a bit like controlling a runaway horse – that is completely spooked!”