CD REVIEW: Drumming Planet
By Ben Ohmart - 02/15/03 - 05:36 PM EST
World trance? Yes.

Those are the ancient grooves coming at you from the south pacific, Africa, Ireland, India, Native America and other intriguing locales.

As you might expect by the name, the hook of this 55 minute cd is rhythm. Entrancing in a trance-like dance beat, all worlds collide into something intensely moving, in more ways than a pun. Instruments like log, dhol, pony, jun-jun, tablas, derbuka and other keen Scrabble scores make this bouncy soundtrack a real keeper.

And why not? Music Mosaic is one of the finest labels around for this 22nd century world beat.

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