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Mondo Head [SACD]
Bobi / Hart, Mickey / Hidalgo, Giovanni Kodo / Cespedes, Greg / Gyuto Tantric Choir / Hart, Mickey / Kodo / Ellis, Greg / Hart, Mickey / Hernandez, Nengue / H Kodo / Ellis
Mondo Head [SACD]
Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop
 
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Mondo Head is the kind of percussion panorama that Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has been orchestrating since he formed the Diga Rhythm Band a quarter-century ago. This time, he works with another group that shares his...  more »

     
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Mondo Head is the kind of percussion panorama that Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has been orchestrating since he formed the Diga Rhythm Band a quarter-century ago. This time, he works with another group that shares his dream of a 21st century percussion orchestra. Kodo is a Japanese Taiko drum troupe who take the ceremonial drums of Japan and turn them into a performance vehicle with bells, cymbals, flutes, voices, and dance. Hart teams them up with his Planet Drum cohorts, including Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain, Latin percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo, and Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira. Then he brings in ecstatic singers including Azam Ali of Vas and Turkish-Armenian Arto Tuncboyaciyan to wail and waft across percussion landscapes ethereal and demonic. Indeed, an earlier version of Kodo were called "the demon drummers." More global soundscape than rhythm dervish, Mondo Head is by turns exuberant and serene, profound and playful. --John Diliberto

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An Amazing Multi-Channel Experience
Jim Pullan | Ocala, FL United States | 05/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This SA-CD of KODO is nothing short of amazing. Especially, tracks 7 and 10. If you enjoy percussion instruments and want to experience a totally enveloping encounter, this is the SA-CD to own. It's great to show others exactly what multi-channel SA-CD and DVD-Audio can deliver. The detail of simple wind chimes, finger cymbals rise above the pulsating beat, clear and precise.
Highly recommended . . . . 5 Stars!!!"
No expectations
Robert bob Daignault | Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada | 05/10/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Now! If you are a Kodo fan maybe you will not life this album but if you are a Hart fan this album is really great.
We live on a small planet(drum) and there are some fundamental links between different musical cultures and M.Hart and friends are exploring them evn more so on this album.
A Pleasure"
Simply Amazing!
Kevin Enderle | Bellingham, WA USA | 02/28/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an amazing disc! Sound quality is on par with the very best. Played back thru a true reference audio system, this disc will make your feet start moving. Also an acid test for a top notch audio system. I own a high end audio store and this disc has sold several PMC speaker systems for us...the same ones used to master the disc. Highly recommended!"