Completely Random Thoughts: An Active...Ancient....King

Okay so, something a bit peculiar occurred to me a week or two ago while I was looking through upcoming releases.... actually that's wrong: What it did was to reinforce something that I'd noticed previously as being some rather strange behaviour.

A month ago (almost exactly to the day), we told you about "Oath Of Akae", the big new album from VI veteran chanter, Ancient King. That album came through Trinity Farm Music & Go A Chant Productions, who work together frequently (and may actually be the same group, who knows). Here's the most interesting part. If you've followed Ancient King's releases over the past couple of years or so, you may've noticed that he's released a couple of singles for GAC, exclusively, NONE OF WHICH appeared on "Oath Of Akae". Going back to 2023, there was a solid combination with Abja, 'Frankincense'.

Not only did 'Frankincense' miss "Oath Of Akae", but it also did not feature on "Journey Of Gratitude", Abja's own album on TFM/GAC, earlier this year. A week prior to that album releasing, there was another Ancient King single for Go A Chant, the CONSIDERABLE 'Word Sound and Consequence' (this song is excellent).

"Meditate not upon di ugly-

Of how ugly people is

If you I-ditate on the ugly, then you draw the energy to yourself

And becoming ugly, like the spirit you have in your head"

Also in there (even a bit more perplexing), was 'Be Soulfull', which was a fully Trinity Farm Music & Go A Chant Productions. Ancient King will never be confused for being the most melodically gifted of artists, but 'Be Soulfull' did a good job in showcasing that he does have more immediately pleasing skills while not drifting away from his typical approach at all.

And all of this happened while they still, steadily, presented songs that would appear on "Oath Of Akae". Tunes such as 'Hites', 'Tender Obedience' and the album-topping 'The Earth is Egziabheer' all reached between November and February. And the work is, CLEARLY, not done. Today (literally today, while I'm writing this), Ancient King and Go A Chant have delivered yet another single, 'Egziabheer Feed Us All'. 

"Hey, it's a connection 

So don't turn your back on the natural food from the land

Remember, dutty food, processed GMO-

Fling dat inna garbage pan"

Hitting on a topic that he also touches on during the brilliant 'Convenient Store Tree' which does appear on "Oath Of Akae", Ancient King takes a heavy look at physical health and nutrition and while you certainly do come across similarly themed tunes from others, I don't know if anyone is currently hitting the topic this hard and definitely not with the passion and detail that Ancient King is. 'Egziabheer Feed Us All' might even be slightly stronger than 'Convenient Store Tree'; I am THOROUGHLY enjoying this tune. 

With a release schedule like this, it might make you think that another Ancient King/Trinity Farm/Go A Chant release is in there somewhere, but it may not be. If that is the case, so be it. So far, just about everything that they've worked on together has been BIG and whether they're building towards another project or just keeping current, I will be listening. Just thought I'd let you know. I'm going back to bed.