From a rather exceptional series of Global Meditation albums on Ellipsis comes this one, dealing with percussion of various forms from around the world. The quality of the album is incredibly high, including works from Burkina Faso's Farafina, Zimbabwe's Stella Chiweshe, master frame drum Glen Velez, and many more. The span over continents and traditions is as usual for Ellipsis (that is to say, incredibly far-reaching). The highlights on the album are many. The first one to run across is the first track on the album: ...
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From a rather exceptional series of Global Meditation albums on Ellipsis comes this one, dealing with percussion of various forms from around the world. The quality of the album is incredibly high, including works from Burkina Faso's Farafina, Zimbabwe's Stella Chiweshe, master frame drum Glen Velez, and many more. The span over continents and traditions is as usual for Ellipsis (that is to say, incredibly far-reaching). The highlights on the album are many. The first one to run across is the first track on the album: Farafina's self titled song for a full ensemble of balofons. Next comes a duet of Indian tabla playing from current tabla master Zakir Hussain and his father, Ustad Alla Rakha (now deceased, but formerly the undisputed master of the tabla). Eventually, one comes across royal drumming techniques from Ghanaian Mustapha Tettey Addy, which have a special amount of rhythm afforded to the kings of the Ashante kingdom. Powerful drumming from a Gnawa ceremony follows, then another section of a Santeria ceremony from Milton Cardona (see volume one for more of his work), and a taiko drumming piece from Soh Daiko, the New York counterparts to Kodo's revival of the tradition. As with the others in the series, look into finding this album if you're at all a fan of anything related to ethnic music or drumming in general. ~ Adam Greenberg, Rovi
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