In the Groove is an album by Planet Drum, a percussion-based world music ensemble led by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo. It was released on August 5, 2022.[1][2][3][4][5]
| In the Groove | ||||
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| Studio album by Planet Drum | ||||
| Released | August 5, 2022 | |||
| Studio | Studio X, Sebastopol, California | |||
| Genre | World music | |||
| Length | 37:05 | |||
| Label | Valley Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain | |||
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According to music journalist Michael Broerman, "With Hart from the United States, Hussain from India, Hidalgo from Puerto Rico, and Adepoju from Nigeria, they represent a consortium of the top percussionists from around the globe, united by a common language of rhythm."[2]
In the Groove is the fifth album by Planet Drum, following At the Edge (1990), Planet Drum (1991), Supralingua (1998), and Global Drum Project (2007).
Critical reception
editIn Americana Highways David Nowels wrote, "The album continues Planet Drum's hypnotic trance-like exploration of music at its most primal. The Planet Drum ensemble have created an atmospheric sonic experience that is both uniquely organic and electronic."[6]
Bill Meredith of JazzTimes noted that Hart wanted the album "to live up to its name by being more danceable," and remarked: "Mission accomplished... what a percussive web they all weave." He singled out Hidalgo's playing for praise, commenting: "When the great conguero's battle with diabetes threatened his career through finger amputations, he crafted the new stick-and-hand technique that makes the closing 'Gadago Gadago' dance."[7]
Riff Magazine's Tony Hicks stated that "the playing and arranging" on the album are "both first-rate," and suggested that it will appeal to listeners who are "into the premise of regional, ethnic drumming, getting to the intricacies of the rhythms, where they come from, how each percussive sidebar takes certain paths and how they all come together again."[8]
Track listing
edit- "King Clave"
- "Storm Drum"
- "Tides"
- "Drops"
- "Phil Da Glass"
- "Gadago Gadago"
Personnel
editPlanet Drum
- Mickey Hart – beats, bass beams (monochord), RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), the beast (large cylinder drums), piccolo drums, V-Drums, MalletKAT, gamelan, glass bowls, thumb piano, conch, metal
- Zakir Hussain – tabla, shakers, madal, dholak, balafon, vocals
- Sikiru Adepoju – apala (talking drum)
- Giovanni Hidalgo – congas, bahia, timbales, vocals
Additional musicians
- Isaac Eady – drum set
- Mañengue Hidalgo – congas
- Melissa Hie – vocals, balafon, doum, djembe, metal, shekere, claps
- Ophelia Hie – vocals, balafon, metal, shekere, claps
- Edgardo "Kako" Maldanado – guiro
- Baba Olatunje – vocals
- Noel Rosado – bells
- Jatinder Singh – Rajasthani folk vocals
- India sessions – bass drum, duff, bottles and hi percussion, buckets, Pune dhol, vocal shouts, tabla, tasha, trash percussion, dimdi, ghumka, halgi, sambhal, sleigh bell, zanj, chondka, Nashik dhol, chenda, dholak, metal percussion, big ghungru, chimpta, dhol, matka, padhant, UduPune dhol, udu
Production
- Produced by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
- Associate producer: Reya Hart
- Mixing: Mickey Hart, Tom Lattanand, Zakir Hussain
- Arrangements: Zakir Hussain, Mickey Hart, Tom Lattanand, Adam Tenenbaum
- Recording engineers: Tom Lattanand, Moldover, Adam Tenenbaum, Michal Menert, Cherron Arens, Jerome Forney, Jonathan Koh, Bill Wolter, Jason Reed
- Mastering: Michael Romanowski
- Album art: Tim Bremner
References
edit- ^ Newman, Melinda (April 28, 2022). "Planet Drum to Return with First Album in 15 Years". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Broerman, Michael (April 28, 2022). "Mickey Hart's Planet Drum Announces 'In the Groove', First New Album in 15 Years". Live for Live Music. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Bernstein, Scott (April 28, 2022). "Planet Drum Featuring Mickey Hart Confirms 1st New Album in 15 Years". JamBase. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ "Planet Drum Returns with First New Album in 15 Years, 'In the Groove'". Relix. April 28, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ "Planet Drum to Release New Album 'In the Groove' Out 8/5". Jambandnews.net. April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Nowels, David (August 6, 2022). "Review: Planet Drum "In the Groove"". Americana Highways. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ Meredith, Bill (September 13, 2022). "Planet Drum: In the Groove (360 Productions)". JazzTimes. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Hicks, Tony (August 1, 2022). "Album Review: Mickey Hart and Planet Drum's 'In the Groove' Will Be Great for a Select Crowd". Riff Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2023.