Fact #152313

Ghostland is a collaboration between a trio of remarkable talents, in an area that would once have been filed under New Age, but now gets labelled trance, or world groove or maybe ethnic ambient. Caroline Dale, the band’s crack cellist, was featured on Gorecki’s 3rd Symphony, will appear as the hands of Jacqueline Du Pre in the upcoming bio-pic and has arranged strings for Oasis, George Michael and others. Percussionist/producer John Reynolds has distinguished himself in work with Sinead O’Connor, Jah Wobble and The Chieftains. Guitarist Justin Adams is another Wobble veteran who blends rock with African and Celtic influences. The resulting album, mostly instrumental but featuring vocal contributions from Sinead O’Connor, Natacha Atlas and Liam O’Monlai, is tuneful, varied and remarkably enjoyable.
(Source : Johnny Black review in Hi Fi News, July 1998)