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Tea's second album, Dreams, has just been completed. The first release is Voyages du Jour. Tea (Franck Balloffet and Phil Bunch) has currently been producing and collaborating with unique vocalists: Congolese vocalists Steve Ikhaman Ngondo (previously with Tabu Le Rochereau) and Ilongomo Elo Ememe, and American multi-lingual vocalists Chana (Tambu International Ensemble) and Suyen Mosely. Personnel on Dreams include legendary British keyboardist Brian Auger (Steampacket, Brian Auger's Trinity, Oblivion Express) playing Hammond B3 and Fender-Rhodes. Nigeria's Remi Kabaka (guest percussionist on the Rolling Stones' Winter 2002 West Coast tour, and the only African musician on Paul McCartney's Band On The Run album) is featured on talking drum and percussion. Bassists André Manga, from Cameroon (Angelique Kidjo, Manu Dibango, Josh Groban) and Bobby Tsukamoto (Neil Larsen, Michael Landau) are also included. as well as Cameroonian EMI studio guitarist Louis Wasson, saxophonists Randall Willis (Gerald Wilson, B Sharp Quartet) and Bobby English (Lou Rawls, the Spinners), as well as Frederic Meschin on trumpet, and Chris Darrow (Kaleidoscope, James Taylor) on slide guitar.