Dancing Drums

Badmarsh & Shri | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tommy Boy
• ASIN: B00000I9AO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,769 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dancing Drums

2. The Asian Detective

3. Gharana

4. 130 Steps

5. The Air I Breathe

6. Lament

7. Mathar

8. Parallel Crossing

9. Interlude

10. Disturbed Synapses

11. Salsa Gharana

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Asian Breakbeat Science, June 21, 2000

By 

Anil Kesavan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dancing Drums (Audio CD)

This album is more refined and developed then Badmarsh's EP release "Differences". I like this CD a lot it is one of my favorite CDs of all the Asian electronic artists. In fact it is one of my favorite jungle CDs. If you like jungle along the lines of LTJ Bukem and artists from Moving Shadow, Audio Coutre, Good Looking, and Looking Good records then this album is for you. The use of tabla on this album is amazing. Badmarsh in my mind is the leader of the so call Asian Underground not Talvin Singh.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars incredible layering of wonderful sounds, October 31, 2001

By 

Bergy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dancing Drums (Audio CD)

This is exactly what i'm looking for in music. I have always loved the sound of the various South Asian percussion instruments that they use in this album, and have various CDs of Tabla and Raga music that I love for this reason. Additionally, I'm an electronica fan, with special interest in music with thick textures. This is that...excellent combination of natural sounds and layering that you can feel. They have a unique take on the South Asian style of vocal percussion (something that has always fascinated me) in 130 steps. If you like drum and bass this is an excellent interesting outpocketing of the genre. Perhaps what I like best about this is that the music is much more original and textured than the other forms of "Asian Underground", techno layered on Asian sounds, usually South Asian and Indian.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very eclectic, electric, and spiritual ambiance., April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dancing Drums (Audio CD)

This music is really worth listening to, i heard it breifly on KCMU, for the first time, and was really impressed. This is categorized as "asian underground beat", and i would say that is an appropriate description, overall great tunes.