MICKEY HART and PLANET DRUM
Live at the Van Duzer Theatre, Humboldt State University, Arcata,
CA; September 24, 2006. Good to very good audience recording.
From the Global Rhythm Magazine News:
The Planet Drum 2006 Tour reunites Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain,
Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo for a September series of West
Coast shows in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the ground-
breaking album of the same name. Planet Drum was released in 1991 on
the Rykodisc label and went on to earn the first-ever Grammy in the
World Music category. The tour is the groups first in almost a
decade. It also marks the resumption of an artistic relationship -
between Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain - that goes back to the late
1960s.
For Hart, this reunion is an opportunity to take Planet Drum into
new places. “This is a deep drumming groove. We’re taking the
archaic rhythm worlds into outer space. Planet Drum explores rhythm
and noise… it’s a sound yoga of processed acoustic percussion headed
straight for the trance zone that becomes a dance of ancient and
modern worlds. Deep drumming is a skeleton key into these realms.”
Track 01. Pony
Track 02. Message From Zena
Track 03. Tall Grass
Track 04. Heart Space
Track 05. I Can Tell You More
Track 06. Gio 1-2-5
Track 07. Temple Caves
Lineup:
Mickey Hart
Zakir Hussain
Sikiru Adepoju
Giovanni Hidalgo
