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Produced by world music scholar (and former Grateful Dead percussionist) Mickey Hart, Mondo Head documents a series of performances by Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo. Recorded in California and Japan across the spring and summer of 2001, the album features an airy reproduction of Kodo's massive sound. Though taiko music is comprised predominantly of percussion instruments, Kodo's sound is filled with the organic sounds of flutes, bells, and human voices. The result is a lushly dense melodic tangle that works in and around the meticulously marked beats, inseparable from the rhythm in places. The music is disciplined and energetic though, at times, seems far removed from the force-of-nature power the band is attempting to achieve. In places, the music sounds positively Westernized, with smooth vocal chants on the opening "Berimabu Jam" and "Maracatü," as well as with the puzzling addition of blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite on "Echo Bells." Musselwhite's contribution fits surprisingly well in places, but often sounds like Howard Levy's lite work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
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Not Documented, Composer - Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Airto Moreira, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Giovanni Hidalgo, Composer, Lyricist - Bobi Céspedes, Composer, Lyricist - Unknown (For Japan Use), Producer - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Airto Moreira, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Giovanni Hidalgo, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Composer, Lyricist - Greg Ellis, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Ustad Zakir Hussain, Composer, Lyricist - Gyuto Tantric Choir, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Michael Hinton, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Airto Moreira, Composer, Lyricist - Linda Tillery, Composer, Lyricist - John Blake, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Giovanni Hidalgo, Composer, Lyricist - Rhonda Benin, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Michael Hinton, Composer, Lyricist - Vikku Vinayakram, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Ustad Zakir Hussain, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Ellis, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Ustad Zakir Hussain, Composer, Lyricist - Giovanni Hidalgo, Composer, Lyricist - Nengue Hernandez, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Musselwhite, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Ustad Zakir Hussain, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Ellis, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Tom Flye, Engineer - Ustad Zakir Hussain, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Mickey Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Kodo, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Ellis, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Beresford, Programmer - Azam Ali, Composer, Lyricist - Tom Flye, Engineer - Ustad Zakir Hussain, Composer, Lyricist - Michiko Oka, Producer - Shiro Ono, Producer - Alison Urmson, Coordinator - Sumiko Ichi, Coordinator - Jeff Sterling, Assistant Engineer - Gohki Hashimoto, Assistant Engineer - Tomohiro Murata, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Album review
Produced by world music scholar (and former Grateful Dead percussionist) Mickey Hart, Mondo Head documents a series of performances by Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo. Recorded in California and Japan across the spring and summer of 2001, the album features an airy reproduction of Kodo's massive sound. Though taiko music is comprised predominantly of percussion instruments, Kodo's sound is filled with the organic sounds of flutes, bells, and human voices. The result is a lushly dense melodic tangle that works in and around the meticulously marked beats, inseparable from the rhythm in places. The music is disciplined and energetic though, at times, seems far removed from the force-of-nature power the band is attempting to achieve. In places, the music sounds positively Westernized, with smooth vocal chants on the opening "Berimabu Jam" and "Maracatü," as well as with the puzzling addition of blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite on "Echo Bells." Musselwhite's contribution fits surprisingly well in places, but often sounds like Howard Levy's lite work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:37
- Main artists: Kodo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Music Labels Inc.
- Genre: World Asia
(P)2001 Sony Music Japan International
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