''In the Groove'' is an album by Planet Drum, a percussion-based world music ensemble led by

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, and

Giovanni Hidalgo Giovanni Hidalgo a.k.a. "Mañenguito" (born November 22, 1963) is a Latin jazz percussionist. Early years Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he received his primary education. His grandfather was a musician, and his father, José ...

. It was released on August 5, 2022. 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." ''In the Groove'' is the fifth album by Planet Drum, following ''

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'' (1990), ''

Planet Drum ''Planet Drum'' is a world music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Hart's concept for ''Planet Drum'' was to play drum music with percussionists from around the world, and i ...

'' (1991), ''

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'' (1998), and ''

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'' (2007).

Critical reception

In ''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." Bill Meredith of ''

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'' 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." ''Riff Magazines 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."

Track listing

#"King Clave" #"Storm Drum" #"Tides" #"Drops" #"Phil Da Glass" #"Gadago Gadago"

Personnel

Planet Drum *

– beats, bass beams (

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MalletKAT The MalletKAT is a musical instrument in a class of MIDI percussion controllers which also includes the DrumKAT, DK10, and TrapKat. Description The Control Surface is a velocity-sensitive gum-rubber pad that has force-sensing resistors ( FSR) ...

gamelan Gamelan () ( jv, ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀, su, ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪, ban, ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄) is the traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. T ...

, glass bowls,

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, metal *

–

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, shakers,

madal The madal ( ne, मादल) or maadal is a Nepalese folk musical instrument. The madal is used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk music. It is very popular and widely used as a hand drum in Nepal. The madal has a cylindrical body with a s ...

dholak The ''dholak'' is a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument. The instrument is about 45 cm in length and 27 cm in breadth and is widely used in ''qawwali'', '' kirtan'', '' lavani'' and '' bhangra''. The drum has two differ ...

balafon The balafon is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone. It is closely associated with the neighbouring Mandé, Senoufo and Gur peoples of West Africa, particularly the Guinean branch of the Mandinka ethnic group, but is now ...

, vocals *

– apala (

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) *

–

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

s, bahia,

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, vocals Additional musicians *Isaac Eady –

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*Mañengue Hidalgo – congas *Melissa Hie – vocals, balafon, doum,

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, metal,

shekere The shekere (from Yoruba Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀) is a West African percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd. The Shekere originated in a tribe in Nigeria called the Yoruba. The ins ...

, 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,

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, zanj, chondka, Nashik dhol,

chenda The Chenda ( ml, ചെണ്ട, ) is a cylindrical percussion instrument originating in the state of Kerala and widely used in Tulu Nadu of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India. In Tulu Nadu (Coastal Karnataka), it is known as ''chende''. ...

, dholak, metal percussion, big ghungru, chimpta,

dhol Dhol (IPA: ) can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent. Its range of distribution in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan primarily includes nort ...

, matka, padhant, UduPune dhol,

udu The udu is a plosive aerophone (in this case implosive) and an idiophone of the Igbo people, Igbo of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, ''ùdù'' means 'vessel'. Actually being a water jug with an additional hole, it was played by Igbo women for ce ...

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

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