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The dhol is a large hand-held drum that's deep, ringing tone is a key component of bhangra, a traditional Punjabi folk music that has itself grown and mutated into one of the key elements of London's Asian underground dance music scene. You hear the dhol thundering and rippling beneath singles by such eminent Asian underground artists as Talvin Singh, Joi, and the Asian Dub Foundation, and also in the music of the Afro Celt Sound System, whose drummer moonlights as a master teacher of the dhol and runs a school called the Dhol Foundation. Recording here for the first time under that moniker, Johnny Kalsi delivers a fascinating and funky program of modern dance music that draws heavily on bhangra and other Indian influences while at the same time keeping the ambience pleasant and dreamy. Occasionally things get just a little bit too pleasant and a little too dreamy, and the music teeters dangerously on the edge of soporific new age-ism. But that happens rarely, and just when you think you're going to fall asleep -- during the first two and a half minutes of "Iridian," for example -- Kalsi snaps you back to attention with a funky breakbeat or a bracing splash of frantic drum'n'bass. If you're an Asian Dub Foundation fan, you might find Big Drum: Small World a bit on the tame side; but if you love Afro Celt Sound System and Joi, this album will stay in your CD player for days.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Johnny Kalsi, ComposerLyricist - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Johnny Kalsi, ComposerLyricist - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
James McNally, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Kalsi, ComposerLyricist - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Britton, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Kalsi, Composer, Producer - Dhol Foundation, Drums, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sumeet Chopra, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Natacha Atlas, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sumeet Chopra, Composer - Shin DCS, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sumeet Chopra, Composer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sumeet Chopra, Composer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Natacha Atlas, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shin DCS, Vocals, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Kalsi, Composer, Producer, Programmer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Johnny Kalsi, Composer - Dhol Foundation, Musician, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
Album review
The dhol is a large hand-held drum that's deep, ringing tone is a key component of bhangra, a traditional Punjabi folk music that has itself grown and mutated into one of the key elements of London's Asian underground dance music scene. You hear the dhol thundering and rippling beneath singles by such eminent Asian underground artists as Talvin Singh, Joi, and the Asian Dub Foundation, and also in the music of the Afro Celt Sound System, whose drummer moonlights as a master teacher of the dhol and runs a school called the Dhol Foundation. Recording here for the first time under that moniker, Johnny Kalsi delivers a fascinating and funky program of modern dance music that draws heavily on bhangra and other Indian influences while at the same time keeping the ambience pleasant and dreamy. Occasionally things get just a little bit too pleasant and a little too dreamy, and the music teeters dangerously on the edge of soporific new age-ism. But that happens rarely, and just when you think you're going to fall asleep -- during the first two and a half minutes of "Iridian," for example -- Kalsi snaps you back to attention with a funky breakbeat or a bracing splash of frantic drum'n'bass. If you're an Asian Dub Foundation fan, you might find Big Drum: Small World a bit on the tame side; but if you love Afro Celt Sound System and Joi, this album will stay in your CD player for days.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:49
- Main artists: The Dhol Foundation
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Shakti
- Genre: World
© 2001 Shakti ℗ 2001 Shakti
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