The dispute ended on 21 December 2016, with an announcement on social media. The band released their eighth studio album, Flight, on 23 November 2018. ==Formation== The inspiration behind the project dates back to 1991, when Simon Emmerson, a Grammy Award-nominated British producer and guitarist, collaborated with Afro-pop star Baaba Maal.
Afro Celt Sound System was formed in 1995 by producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and feature a wide range of guest artists.
14 NZ They also recorded the soundtrack for the PC game Magic and Mayhem, released in 1998. ===Charted singles=== ==References== ==External links== Real World Records page Celtic fusion groups Worldbeat groups Real World Records artists British world music groups Musical groups established in 1995
This album, Sound Magic, was released by Real World Records in 1996, and marked the debut of the Afro Celt Sound System. "Prior to that first album being made, none of us knew if it would work," musician James McNally told Larry Katz of the Boston Herald.
14 NZ They also recorded the soundtrack for the PC game Magic and Mayhem, released in 1998. ===Charted singles=== ==References== ==External links== Real World Records page Celtic fusion groups Worldbeat groups Real World Records artists British world music groups Musical groups established in 1995
Release was released in 1999, and by the spring of 2000 it had sold more than half a million copies worldwide.
Release was released in 1999, and by the spring of 2000 it had sold more than half a million copies worldwide.
Release is also used as one of the GCSE music set works in the UK that students are required to study for their exam. In 2000, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music category.
And it's changed our lives". In 2001, the group released Further in Time, which climbed to number one on Billboard's Top World Music Albums chart.
In 2003 they temporarily changed their name to Afrocelts before reverting to their original name. Their albums have been released through Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, and they have frequently performed at WOMAD festivals worldwide.
Chuck Taylor of Billboard praised the album as "a cultural phenomenon that bursts past the traditional boundaries of contemporary music." The single "When You're Falling", with vocals by Gabriel, became a radio hit in the United States. In 2003, for the Seed album, they changed their name to Afrocelts.
They reverted to the longer band name for their subsequent albums, Pod, a compilation of new mixes of songs from the first four albums, Anatomic (their fifth studio album), and Capture (1995–2010). They played a number of shows to promote Volume 5: Anatomic in 2006 and summer 2007, ending with a gig in Korea, before taking an extended break to work on side projects, amongst them The Imagined Village featuring Simon Emmerson and Johnny Kalsi.
Their recording contract with Real World was for five albums, of which Volume 5: Anatomic was the last. After a number of festival dates in 2007, the band went on hiatus.
They reverted to the longer band name for their subsequent albums, Pod, a compilation of new mixes of songs from the first four albums, Anatomic (their fifth studio album), and Capture (1995–2010). They played a number of shows to promote Volume 5: Anatomic in 2006 and summer 2007, ending with a gig in Korea, before taking an extended break to work on side projects, amongst them The Imagined Village featuring Simon Emmerson and Johnny Kalsi.
In 2010, they regrouped to play a number of shows (including a return to WOMAD), releasing a re-mastered retrospective titled Capture. On 20 May 2014, Afro Celt Sound System announced the release of the album Born.
Starting in the summer of 2010, the band performed a series of live shows to promote Capture (1995–2010), released on 6 September 2010 on Real World Records.
In 2010, they regrouped to play a number of shows (including a return to WOMAD), releasing a re-mastered retrospective titled Capture. On 20 May 2014, Afro Celt Sound System announced the release of the album Born.
Further performances continue to the present day, and a new album-in-progress titled Born was announced on their website in 2014.
In January 2016, a posting to that website revealed that due to a dispute with Emmerson, who announced his departure from the band in 2015, there were two active versions of the band, a version led by Emmerson and a separate line-up headed by James McNally and Martin Russell.
Following the split (see below), Emmerson's version of the band released the album The Source in 2016. == Split == During 2015, the band had split into two formations, one of them including Simon Emmerson, N'Faly Kouyate and Johnny Kalsi, the other one James McNally and Martin Russell.
In January 2016, a posting to that website revealed that due to a dispute with Emmerson, who announced his departure from the band in 2015, there were two active versions of the band, a version led by Emmerson and a separate line-up headed by James McNally and Martin Russell.
Emmerson's version of the band released the album The Source in 2016.
The dispute ended on 21 December 2016, with an announcement on social media. The band released their eighth studio album, Flight, on 23 November 2018. ==Formation== The inspiration behind the project dates back to 1991, when Simon Emmerson, a Grammy Award-nominated British producer and guitarist, collaborated with Afro-pop star Baaba Maal.
Following the split (see below), Emmerson's version of the band released the album The Source in 2016. == Split == During 2015, the band had split into two formations, one of them including Simon Emmerson, N'Faly Kouyate and Johnny Kalsi, the other one James McNally and Martin Russell.
The split was announced on the band's website in January 2016.
The dispute officially ended with an announcement on social media on 21 December 2016.
The dispute ended on 21 December 2016, with an announcement on social media. The band released their eighth studio album, Flight, on 23 November 2018. ==Formation== The inspiration behind the project dates back to 1991, when Simon Emmerson, a Grammy Award-nominated British producer and guitarist, collaborated with Afro-pop star Baaba Maal.
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