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Planet Drum

Mickey Hart

Initial release : December 1991

Rykodisc 10206

An all percussion recording with Mickey Hart playing on all but three tracks.

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Tracks

  • Udu Chant (Adepoju/Hart/Hussain/Moreira)
  • Island Groove (Adepoju/Hart/Hussain/Moreira/Olatunji)
  • Light Over Shadow (Moreira/Olatunji/Purim)
  • Dance Of The Hunter's Fire (Adepoju/Moreira/Olatunji/Purim/Vinayakram)
  • Jewe "You Are the One" (Olatunji)
  • The Hunt (Adepoju/Hart/Hussain/Moreira/Olatunji/Vinayakram)
  • Temple Caves (Adepoju/Hart/Hussain/Moreira/Olatunji)
  • The Dancing Sorcerer (Hussain/Moreira)
  • Bones (Hart/Hussain/Olatunji/Purim)
  • Lost River (Adepoju/Hart/Hussain/Moreira/Olatunji/Purim)
  • Evening Samba (Adepoju/Hart/Hussain/Olatunji/Vinayakram)
  • Iyanu "Surprises" (Olatunji)
  • Mysterious Island (Hart/Moreira/Purim/Sterling)
Musicians

The musicians on the individual tracks of this album are as follows.

Udu Chant;

  • Sikiru Adepoju - cowbell
  • Mickey Hart - bass drum, snare drum, hoop drum, tambourine, triangle, beam, vocals
  • Zakir Hussain - udu drum, balafon, tabla
  • Airto Moreira - tamanco, bird calls, whistles, conch shell, claps, chimes, vocals
Island Groove;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - duggi tarang, dundun
  • Mickey Hart - bombo indio with split bamboo, drum set
  • Zakir Hussain - madal, dholak
  • Airto Moreira - caxixi, rattles, yelling, chinese cymbal throwing
  • Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, congas, shekere, vocals
Light Over Shadow;
  • Airto Moreira - snare drum, metal spring, toms, mexican donkey jaws, cowbell, cuica, flute, vocals
  • Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, ashiko, ngoma
  • Flora Purim - vocals
Dance Of The Hunter's Fire;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - bell
  • Frank Colon - shekere
  • Giovanni Hidalgo - congas, shekere
  • Airto Moreira - djembe, shaker
  • Caryl Ohrbach - shaker
  • Babatunde Olatunji - djembe
  • Flora Purim - shaker
  • T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram - ghatam
Jewe "You Are the One"
  • Mickey Hart - body percussion, vocals
  • Bruce Langhorne - body percussion, vocals
  • Babatunde Olatunji - body percussion, vocals
  • Flora Purim - vocals
  • Gordy Ryan - body percussion, vocals
The Hunt;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - dundun
  • Mickey Hart - drum set
  • Zakir Hussain - naal, bells, tabla
  • Airto Moreira - shakers
  • Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, ashiko, ngoma
  • T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram - ghatam, jew's harp
Temple Caves;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - gudugudu
  • Mickey Hart - split bamboo, rain sticks, shakers, earth drum, clackers, duggi tarang, body percussion
  • Zakir Hussain - tabla, taya
  • Airto Moreira - slit gongs, conch shell, shakers, voice/breath
  • Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, congas
The Dancing Sorcerer;
  • Zakir Hussain - madal, tabla
  • Airto Moreira - berimbau
Bones;
  • Mickey Hart - bones, balafon
  • Giovanni Hidalgo - bata
  • Zakir Hussain - dundun, shaker, bell
  • Babatunde Olatunji - vocals
  • Flora Purim - vocals
Lost River;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - djembe, dundun
  • Mickey Hart - drum set
  • Zakir Hussain - duggi tarang, conch shell
  • Airto Moreira - cymbals, shakers, wood blocks, floor tom, metal percussion
  • Babatunde Olatunji - vocals
  • Flora Purim - vocals
Evening Samba;
  • Sikiru Adepoju - bell
  • Mickey Hart - bell
  • Zakir Hussain - bell
  • Airto Moreira - bass drum, snare drum, tom toms, tambourine, whistles, wood blocks, metal percussion, cymbals, bells
  • Babatunde Olatunji - shaker, bells
  • T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram - ghatam
Iyanu "Surprises"
  • Molonga Casquelord - vocals
  • Mickey Hart - gourds, vocals
  • Airto Moreira - vocals, bamboo with brushes
  • Babatunde Olatunji - clapping, vocals
  • Flora Purim - vocals
Mysterious Island;
  • Mickey Hart - grand dumbec, body percussion
  • Airto Moreira - bird whistles, nose flute, body percussion, tambourine
  • Flora Purim - wind chimes, seagulls, vocals
  • Jeff Sterling - udu drums
Credits

  • Producer - Mickey Hart
  • Co-producer - Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. Vanayakram
  • Recording, mix down engineers - Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling
  • Production manager - Howard Cohen
  • Equipment managers - Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff
  • Technical support - Jack Crymes
  • Editorial assistance -Caryl Ohrbach
  • Catering - Rose Solomon
  • Cover illustration - Nancy Nimoy
  • Art direction - Howard Jacobsen
  • Photography - Kenneth J. Becker, John Werner
  • Design - Steven Jurgensmeyer
  • Mastering - Paul Stubblebine
  • Series consultant - Fredric Leiberman
  • Liner notes - Mickey Hart

  • Special thanks to Victor Arenburg, Jeff Bris/AIC, db Dave Dennison, Peter Engelhart, Creek Hart, Taro Hart, Anthony Hindson, Stephen Jarvis, Lauretta Lemon, Cheryl McEnaney, D. A. Sonneborn, Don Rose/Rykodisc, Travelques, Lori Zook

  • Recorded and mixed at Studio X, Sonoma County, California
  • The waves on Mysterious Island were recorded by Mickey Hart and Caryl Ohrbach at Palau I, Kona Village, Hawaii on January 4, 1991.
Notes

This release was the companion to Mickey Hart's book Planet Drum (Harpers, 1991).

Planet Drum won the first ever 'Best World Music Album' Grammy in 1991.

Related releases

Udu Chant has been included on the following samplers and compilations;

Temple Caves has been included on the following samplers and compilations; Dance of the Hunter's Fire was included on the sampler CD; Dance of the Hunter's Fire and The Hunt were included on;

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