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ALBUM AND WEB SITE - CREDITS and THANKS
THE ALBUM
Conceived, edited, narrated, produced and directed by GRANT WAKEFIELD
Written and researched by GRANT WAKEFIELD and MIRIAM RYLE
Pre-mix by GRANT WAKEFIELD and MATTHEW WILLIAMS
Final mix by DAVE PEMBERTON at THE STRONGROOM, assisted by PATRICK McGOVERN
Field recordings and samples from the
film ‘VOICES FROM IRAQ’
used with kind permission of MIRIAM RYLE – recorded by KAREN BOSWALL
Additional field recordings by GRANT WAKEFIELD
Additional studio recording by ROGER BOLTON / BESPOKEAUDIO STUDIOS
Additional narration performed by
ALISON STERLING
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Original 72 page booklet written and researched by GRANT WAKEFIELD
Designed by STEVE LEE @ Voiceprint /
Zeit Artwork
steve@zeitartwork.demon.co.uk
Original cover design by GRANT WAKEFIELD - Artwork by MATTHEW WILLIAMS
HIDDEN ART RECORDS official release
Cover and 12 page booklet designed by Carl Glover @
Getty Images
Photos by KAREN ROBINSON, PROFESSOR SIEGWART-HORST GUNTHER,
CHRIS KORNKVEN, DR. BEATRICE BOCTOR, DERYK HOUSTON, FELICITY ARBUTHNOTT
Used with kind permission
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Research assistance:
Sabah Al-Muhktar, Gerri Haynes, Bert
Sacks – The Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Kathy Kelly, Milan Rai and Gabriel Carlisle - Voices in the Wilderness US/UK,
Felicity Arbuthnott, The International Action Centre, Ismail Taylor-Karrant,
Michael Dolan, Tony Murphy
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Enormous thanks for their generosity and sponsorship:
Denis Halliday, Iain Banks, Dr. Burhan
Al-Chalibi, Maggie Bowden
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Thanks for their support and inspiration:
Professor Noam Chomsky, Edward
Hermann, Professor Eric Herring,
Colin Rowat, Professor Margaret Ryle, Ramsey Clark, Geoff Simons,
Tony Benn MP, Hans Von Sponeck, George Galloway MP, Howard Zinn
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Gratitude beyond measure to all the artists who contributed to this project:
Michael Stearns, Manuel Gottsching and
Lutz Ulbrich (ASHRA), Bobby Bird (HIA),
David Thrussell and Pieter Bourke (SOMA), Paul and Phil Hartnoll (ORBITAL), BUMP
‘N’ GRIND,
Mika Vianio (PAN SONIC), Alex McKechnie and Alex Burrow (BARBED), Jochem Paap
(SPEEDY J),
Kait Gray, Richard D. James (APHEX TWIN), Francois Tetaz, Steven Wilson (BASS
COMMUNION),
Naseer Shamma, Darrell Fitton (BOLA), Tom Middleton (AMBA), Alison Sterling,
the late Bill Hicks, Dave Pemberton, Patrick McGovern and all at The Strongroom.
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Thanks to the following for their feedback in the early stages:
Laurie Anderson and all at Difficult
Music, Toby Marks (BANCO DE GAIA),
Johannes Schmoelling and Andreas Hedler, Geir Jenssen (BIOSPHERE),
Lisa Gerrard and Jacek Tuschowski, Mark Hosler and Don Joyce (NEGATIVLAND),
Ed Handley and Andy Stanton (PLAID), Sheila Chandra, Jane Siberry, Ken Nordine,
Mimi Goese and David Whitehead, Diamanda Galas and Garth and Jason, Steve Roach,
Patrick O’Hearn, Natacha Atlas and Lisa Richards, Luke Losey
and especially to Gibby Zobel, Micky
Mann, Michael Dog, David Sefton and Liz,
and Rob and Al @ Voiceprint
Thanks also to:
Alan Phillips and Mrs. Hicks, Chris
Norton at Mondo, Bruce Wooley, Tony Nunn,
Maf at Rephlex, Andy and Jed at Skam, Janet and Pepe at Mute, Paul Smith at
BlastFirst,
Rob Holden, Saranne Reid and Damien Harris at Skint, Bill Smith and Angi Mariani,
Robert Heller, Larry Johnson and Dan De Long at The Seattle Post Intelligencer,
Stuart Halford at The Mariam Appeal, Seymour Hersh at The New Yorker, Dorigen
Hammond,
Ilona Ziok, Richard Stott and Uli Elser at Alternative Tentacles, Francoise Soavi,
Charles Brown,
Kevin Booth, Tom Osborne, Scott Ritter, Mike at Bag Productions,
the members of the WPSR April 1999 delegation to Iraq, Elaine and Adrian, Jason and
Di,
Myriam and Jaqueline and all at Islington’s finest, John and Wil,
Lynette and Tom and Marnie, and the good folks in the Vale.
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My eternal gratitude to:
MIRIAM RYLE, KAREN BOSWALL, SABAH
AL-MUHKTAR,
MATTHEW WILLIAMS, DENIS HALLIDAY, NASRA AL-SADOUN
and GHAZWAN AL-MUHKTAR
without whom this album simply could not have happened
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Dedicated to the memory of:
KLARA HABER
BILL HICKS
THE ESTIMATED 250,000 IRAQIS KILLED
UNDER BA’ATHIST RULE
in the years 1968 – 2000
and
THE ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION IRAQIS
KILLED BY THE US LED COALITION AND SANCTIONS
in the years 1990 - 2000
THE WEBSITE
Written, researched and constructed by GRANT WAKEFIELD
Design help, technical assistance and
patience by MATT GREY
www.mattgrey.com
Photo credits as CD
