Between 1975 and 1981, a group of American ex-pats brought the native sounds of their Detroit and Chicago homes across the Atlantic, combined them with the messages of the Black Hebrew culture, and declared Dimona, Israel, the center of the spiritual universe. What their caravan caught on tape was a deeply joyful, sometimes searing mix of jazz, spiritual soul, inspired funk, and Old Testament gospel psychedelia.
Featuring the Soul Messengers, the Spirit Of Israel, Sons Of The Kingdom, and Hebrew Jackson 5 clones the Tonistics, Soul Messages From Dimona is yet another stop on our tour of the soul diaspora and the only living document of a thriving community as it teetered at both the center and edge of the world. The Exodus goes on, and from the South Side of Chicago to the bush in Liberia, from the tangled streets of Tel Aviv to the desert of Dimona, their message continues: salvation, peace, deliverance, love…and 100% parve soul.
A1. Soul Messengers - Burn Devil Burn
A2. Soul Messengers - Our Lord And Savior
A3. Tonistics - Holding On
A4. The Spirit Of Israel - Daniel
B1. The Sons Of The Kingdom - Hey There
B2. Soul Messengers - Go To Proclaim
B3. Soul Messengers - Equilibrium
B4. Soul Messengers - Prince Of Zeal
C1. Sons Of The Kingdom - Modernization
C2. Soul Messengers - Heaven Of Heavans
C3. Soul Messengers - Victory
C4. Tonistics - Dimona (Spiritual Capital Of The World)
D1. Soul Messengers - Junky Baby
D2. The Spirit Of Israel - A Place To Be
D3. Soul Messengers - Messiah
D4. Soul Messengers - Savior In The East
