This is without a doubt my number one album of all time - if you haven't heard it before, you must buy it. It goes way out into the realms of avant garde experimentalism, but somehow manages to stay very tight. Think it came out in 1983, but it could equally be 2093. You can't describe sound in words, but imagine the soundtrack when some martian rastas land in the mexican desert and take part in a peyote ritual with the locals. You're mouth will hang open, you'll go cross eyed and you'll probably dribble a bit as you're brain tries to comprehend it all. AND its quite funky, so grandma's foot will be tapping too. It was conceived after Adrian Sherwood heard David Byrne / Brian Eno's "My Life In the Bush Of Ghosts" somewhat pretentiously (Eno? Pretentious?) described as psychedelic African music. Not. So he set out to make just that, and more than succeeded. This album manages to be many things, a funky urban jungle soundtrack, strongly trip - evocative, real, earthy, and a work of art. It comes from an era of great musical inventiveness that gave a backdrop to the early 80s UK psychedelic revival. If you like this you should also check out:-

Creation Rebel -Starship Africa, Threat to Creation

Playgroup - Epic Sound Battles Chapters I & II

Warzone - Missing Brazilians

and for some real roots -

The Arabs - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter I