The first psychedelic percussion album since Hal Blaine!"Mavens of The Good Life unite! Toby Dammit is a master percussionist who has here made one of the most compelling albums in recent memory. Layered, melodic, insane music where Hal Blaine meets trance, where Martin Denny blends with Ennio Morricone, where symphonic percussion instruments are filtered through 1960's spy movie soundtrack sensibilities and rubbed up against Vampyros Lesbos. Is he the unfathomable link between Edgar Varese and Senor Cocon...   [ read more ]

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The real way to gain an appreciation for Hal Blaine's Hall of Fame-caliber abilities is to hear him as a sessionman, and not on his occasional recordings as a solo artist. This instrumental album is something of a novelty rather than a serious attempt to build solo credentials. It consists almost entirely of cover versions of well-known rock hits from the late '50s through the mid-'60s, with live "party" noises dubbed on to simulate a concert recording (although it was cut in the studio). Still, it's...   [ read more ]

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