Percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah is the mad genius behind African Head Charge, which over the course of four decades has produced a sporadic string of utterly otherworldly recordings in collaboration with producer Adrian Sherwood and the various musicians connected with Sherwood’s On-U Sound studio. Drawing on African field recordings, raw one-drop reggae rhythms, gospel songs, and a nearly infinite variety of other source material and subjecting everything to the wildest possible sonic manipulations, Noah creates some of the oddest and most compelling dub-derived music available. Off the Beaten Track is a relatively early effort but a fully-realized example of his unique craft.