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Secret Archives of the Vatican
Electronic World Music
Croydon, England, United Kingdom
From Wikipedia: “Secret Archives of the Vatican are a collective of musicians, based across the UK, but with main recording facilities in Croydon, South London. The band was formed in 1988 by Vince Millett, who was joined in the early 1990s by Louis Counter. They were influenced by the clubs of the Asian Underground scene and also by artists such as Transglobal Underground and Bill Laswell. The third core band member is Peter Sharpe, specialising in UK roots dub reggae. Ginger Shinobi has at various times been the band's manager and on-stage DJ.”
From Bandcamp: “Secret Archives of the Vatican are Broken Drum Records' main act. Their music is usually described as Transglobal Breakbeat Dub Science as it contains elements of many genres: breakbeat, dub, dubstep, drumstep, triphop, drum and bass, Indian, Arabian and Turkish musics and many more. They are a small collective, based across the UK but with main recording facilities in Croydon, South London.”
Discography:
| 1989 | https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/secret-archives-of-the-vatican-secret-archives-of-the-vatican/?Secret Archives of the Vatican | aka “1” |
| 1990 | Across Darkness, Benediction | aka “2” |
| 1991 | Lamentations Concerning the Five Sorrows of Love | as The Shockin' Holy Saints |
| 1991 | White Flower of the Blackberry | aka “Chapter Three” |
| 1993 | Fish Drum | |
| 1994 | Isa's Tears | |
| 1994 | The Walled Garden of Truth | |
| 1995 | The Storm Within | |
| 1995 | Nasrani | |
| 1996 | Turquoise | |
| 1998 | Reformation | |
| 2001 | The Remixes | |
| 2003 | The Beautiful Names of God Vol 1 | |
| 2008 | Individual Tracks for Free Download | |
| 2008 | Babylon Halt | |
| 2009 | Remembering Machine | |
| 2009 | Dreams and Visions | |
| 2010 | The Glidepath EP | |
| 2010 | Wisdom Truth EP | |
| 2011 | Barbary Lion | |
| 2012 | Panjandrum | |
| 2012 | War on Terra | |
| 2013 | Storms | |
| 2014 | Storytellers | |
| 2015 | Damascene | |
| 2018 | Singles 2018 |
Links:
- Broken Drum Records (the band's record label)