The Return - Tracks and Credits:

see also Production Info

Produced, arranged, recorded & mixed at Studio Mensch by Fizzè (flute, Hammond C3 organ, keyboards, bass, guitar, vibraphone & xylophone except where otherwise noted)

all songs c & p by Mensch Music except "Rebirth" published by LKJ Music Publishers Ltd., "Animals" & "Still Love" are copyright control

1) Nice Time (Fizzè) 4'54" drums: Daniel Spahni / bass & guitar: Dennis Bovell / trombone: Rico Rodriguez / the captain: Lee "Scratch" Perry / jodel: Ligia Godinez, Heinz Vetsch, Georg Steiner / tuba, euphonium, trombone & fluegelhorn: Shirley Hofmann / baritone, tenor & alto sax: Steve Gregory / hackbrett: Roland Schiltknecht / ukulele & vibrato guitar: Cédric Vuille / accordion: Tobias Morgenstern / balafon: Gilles-V. "Dizzi" Rieder

2) (Hip) Hop Schwiiz! (Fizzè / T. Morgenstern) 3'19" drums: D. Spahni / bass: Fizzè / darbouka: Dizzi / turntables: Maurice Nigg / beatbox: Philip Willi / accordion & clavinet: T. Morgenstern / hammond C 3 organ: Barbara Dennerlein / ukulele: C. Vuille / guitars: John Kpiaye

3) Game (Fizzè) 5'05" drums: Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace / ukulele & bass: C. Vuille / guitar: Earl "Chinna" Smith / trombone: Rico / fluegelhorn: Lukas Nüesch / sax: Philip Kunz / tenor sax solo: Steve Gregory / Hammond organ solo: Barbara Dennerlein

4) Afrinity (Fizzè) 3'58" drums: D. Spahni / bass: D. Bovell / rythm guitar: C. Vuille / pick guitar: Fizzè / shaker & balafon: Dizzi / accordion: T. Morgenstern / tenor sax solo: Michael "Bammie" Rose / hammond C 3 organ lead: B. Dennerlein / hackbrett: R. Schiltknecht / milkpots: Pascal Cuche / reeds: S. Gregory / tuba & bone: S. Hofmann

The Triptychon (15'32"):
5) Eve - for our mothers (Fizzè) 5'25" drums: Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace / bass & pick guitar: D. Bovell / riddim guitar: Fizzè / electric lead guitar: J. Kpiaye / accoustic guitar: Rainer Rohloff / accordion: T. Morgenstern / fender rhodes: Stefan Kling / hackbrett: R. Schiltknecht / kanun: Hossam Shaker / panflute: Frank Mehlin / soprano sax & reeds: S. Gregory / euphonium & brass: S. Hofmann
6) Elemental (El Emmental) - for our fathers (Fizzè / C. Vuille) 5'27" repeater & drums: "Horsemouth" / bass, ukulele & guitars: C. Vuille / slide trombone: Rico / tuba, euphonium & valve trombone: S. Hofmann / violins: Helmut Lipsky / accordion: Tobias Morgenstern / alto sax & tenor sax solo: S. Gregory / harmonica: Marc "Nof-Nof" Tourtchaninoff / soprano and alto sax solos: Dean Frazer
7) Sang Neuf - for our children (C. Vuille / Fizzè) 4'40" drums: D. Spahni / electric bass, cuatro & guitars: C. Vuille / string bass: Sylvain Gagnon / kanun: H. Shaker / hackbrett: R. Schiltknecht / violins: H. Lipsky / accordion: T. Morgenstern / balafon, darbouka & djembe: Dizzi

8) Sleep Dub - (Strekosa's Chant) (Fizzè) 4'30" drums & perc: "Horsemouth" / bass: Sydney "Juinior Dan" Gossine / guitars: "Chinna" / throat vocals of Altai & topshur: Nohon & Bolot / komus (jew’s harp): Bolot / clavinet: Dr. Pablo Black

9) Dream (Fizzè / Rico) 5'15" drums: "Horsemouth" / riddim guitar: "Chinna" / bass & pick guitar: D. Bovell / trombone: Rico / reeds: S. Gregory / brass: S. Hofmann / vibraphone: Fizzè

10) Blues for Eddie Boyd (Fizzè) 5'03" drums: D. Spahni / bass: D. Bovell / voice: Taj Mahal / milkpots: P. Cuche / spoons, darbouka & cabassa: Dizzi / lead & rythm guitar: J. Kpiaye / slide & pick guitars: C. Vuille / wah-guitar: Fizzè / reeds: S. Gregory 2nd tenor sax solo: "Bammie" / trombone: S. Hofmann / hammond C 3 organ: B. Dennerlein / 2nd piano: Georgie Fame / messenger: Samuel "Balz" Burckhardt

11) Rebirth (Linton Kwesi Johnson) 3'49" drums: D. Spahni / bass: Linton Kwesi Johnson / pick guitar: J. Kpiaye / riddim guitar: Fizzè / soprano sax & flute solo: S. Gregory

12) Still Life (C. Vuille - arr. S. Gregory) 3'48" drums, percussion & handclaps: D. Spahni / bass & handclaps: C. Vuille / alto & tenor sax: S. Gregory / trumpets: Hans Hämmerle / guitars: C. Vuille, Jean-Vincent Huguenin & Julien Baillod

13) Still Love (Alton Ellis) 4'13" drums: D. Spahni / bass, riddim & pick guitars: D. Bovell / reeds: S. Gregory / brass: S. Hofmann / lead guitar: J. Kpiaye / hammond C 3 organ lead: B. Dennerlein

Bonus Gags (lite!):
14) Nice Time 2'50" (the Radio Edit - short version)

15) Animals (Bob Dylan) 5'05" vocal & programming: Fizzè

16) Lintus (Fizzè / T. Morgenstern) 3'07" drums: D. Spahni / cello: Raphael Zweifel / bass, guitar & xylophone: Fizzè / percussion: Dizzi / accordion: T. Morgenstern

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