CHANT ARTIST COLLECTIVE 

PLANTS LAND ART FOREST AT NINE MILE, REGGAE LAND, THE BIRTHPLACE AND FINAL RESTING PLACE OF BOB MARLEY 

TO BALANCE DEBUT ALBUM 

FT. YOUTH, GAUDI, LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY, KERMIT LEVERIDGE, DON LETTS, 

DAN MORRELL & PLANETMAN 

RELICS OF TREE WORSHIP (IN DUB) IS OUT TODAY, 26TH JUNE

FEATURES ARTWORK FROM THE LATE JAMIE REID

 WATCH THE VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE ‘SEE-DE-TREES’ HERE

The Space Punk CHANT Artist Collective – featuring Youth (Martin Glover), Gaudi, the late Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Kermit Leveridge (Black Grape), Don Letts, Dan Morrell and Planetman have planted 120 trees at Nine Mile, Reggae Land, Jamaica – the birthplace and final resting place of Bob Marley – as a situationist art project to mark the release of its forthcoming album Relics of Tree Worship (In Dub), out on 26th June on Balance Recordings.  

The album blends dub, spoken word and ritual chant into a meditation on trees as cultural, spiritual and ecological anchors.

The tree planting, undertaken with  Nine Mile, Reggae Land, represents the first stage of Balance Recordings’ wider commitment to fund regenerative projects through its releases and create living artworks in the form of forests.

Spokesperson Dan Morrell said:

“To plant trees at Nine Mile, a place so deeply connected to the roots of dub and reggae, feels profoundly meaningful. We’re incredibly grateful to Nine Mile, Reggae Land, the birthplace and final resting place of Bob Marley, for helping make this land art project possible. This is the beginning of a living legacy beyond offsetting – one that gives something back to the land, communities and culture that continue to inspire us. We are committed to bringing the joy of balance into everything we do at Balance Recordings.”

For the artists behind Relics of Tree Worship (In Dub), the initiative reflects dub music’s enduring connection to the earth, community and the responsibility to leave something meaningful behind. The landscapes, traditions and natural world of Jamaica have long informed the music and culture that inspired this project.

A proportion of funds generated through Relics of Tree Worship (In Dub) will support future tree-planting and Land Art Forest projects around the world.

This is only the beginning.

Tree planting at Nine Mile, Reggae Land Jamaica courtesy of the Jamaican Forestry Department. 

The Space Punk CHANT Artist Collective recently celebrated the vinyl release of Relics of Tree Worship (In Dub) at a special launch event. View image gallery here. Add an Iconic launch event in Portobello under the Westway. With the Hart of the West London. dub community.

ALBUM TRACKLISTING

1. See-De-Trees (Sunglasses After Dark) 

2. Willow Mother (Cauldron of Knowledge Dub) 

3. The Ocular Hawthorn (Clevermore Evermore Cloven Fool in Dub) 

4. Sequestral Dreams (High above the Clouds Dub) 

5. I Love YEW (Sunshine in the Darkest Night Dub) 

6. Mythos of the Magnificently Plain (Empress of the Multiverse, Ark of the Cosmos Dub)

7. Grand Father Oak (Master of the Myths, Master of the Magic Hare Krishna Dub)

8. Rowan Concupiscence (Two in the Bush, Berry Vicious Dub) 

9. Silver Ghosts (Moon Light on Birch) 

10. Revelation Generation (Seeds of Creation, Beech Dub)

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The Relics of Tree Worship (In Dub) album campaign has been measured across manufacturing, streaming, events and production activities, with an estimated footprint of 5 tCO₂e. Through Balance’s verified three-pillar framework, the project supports biodiversity restoration, social economics, carbon removal and community development in Honduras. In addition, 120 trees have been planted at Nine Mile, Jamaica, as part of a cultural land art project connected to the album’s themes and heritage, significantly exceeding the number required to balance the campaign’s measured impact. Full methodology and calculations are publicly available.

The album’s ‘Vision Tree’ artwork was originally created by Jamie Reid in the 1990s and revisited for this project as one of his final creative works. Courtesy of the Jamie Reid Estate and John Marchant Gallery, the image anchors the project in a lineage of British countercultural art.

What is a Land Art Forest? 

There is no real land forest art in any conventional sense – Leonardo da Vinci wrote:

“Human ingenuity… will never devise any invention more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does; because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous.”

About Balance Eco & Balance Recordings

Balance Recordings is a SPACE PUNK eco-label powered by Balance Eco, a first-of-its-kind platform that moves beyond the traditional concept of carbon offsetting. Rather than focusing on the “guilt” of offset, Balance emphasizes the “joy of balance” – a proactive approach to regeneration. Balance creates a three-pillar approach, combining biodiversity and social economics with the fight against climate breakdown. These three issues are intimately interconnected; Balance operates on the principle that it is inappropriate to deal with them in isolation. By bringing them together, the platform achieves economies of scale and a greater capacity for action.  Balance supports tree-planting and “Land Art Forest” initiatives through these core pillars:

·       Biodiversity: Restoring and protecting permanent complex, vibrant, native ecosystems.

·       Social Economics: Creating community-based income and long-term economic well-being.

·       Climate Action: Actively engaging in the fight against climate breakdown by linking creative output directly to regenerative land projects.