Exotic Dance
by Backroads Music/HeartbeatsThis extremely popular and evocative album displays two very different percussion styles. "African Journey" and "Dancing Tribe" leap along to the percolating rhythms of African music, while "Arabic Journey"'s swaying Middle Eastern textures -- doumbecs and finger cymbals, filled out by a subtle synthesizer melody -- build slowly and hypnotically to the dynamic climax. While this German artist plays in many styles, this drumming release has a special magic to it.