Egyptian Nursery's roots can be traced back to the meeting of a thin North Englander and a rubenesque redhead from Mauritius in Johannesburg in July of 1995.
They started writing, producing and recording songs together (at the rate of one a night), and with the arrival of a Zairean rapper the line-up was completed:

Arlene Bechard - Vocals
Mojama Kalume - Rap & vocals (French and Lingala)
Craigie Dodds - Keyboards, guitar, samplers, percussion and vocals

Debut album New Anthem was released in 1998, with its singles storming up the domestic charts for the next two years and garnering Mr. Dodds a Best Producer SAMA award in 1999 along the way.

The album was also released internationally as God's Window (in Europe via Blue Flame Records and distributed by BMG), with a slightly different track listing.