Hamid Drake: drums, frame drum, tabla, voice Napoléon Maddox: voice, beatbox Jeff Parker: guitar Jeff Albert : trombone, Hammond organ Jeb Bishop : trombone Josh Abrams : double bass, guimbri
Following the stream of time and the dances of Kâli, the successive incarnations of Bindu, more a crew, sailing, outward bound, an elective community of musicians, than a defined group of people, divulge the logbook of navigation by Hamid Drake. A logbook of boarding sounds, which is not written but delimits and unlimits the narrative space where the drummer and percussionist freely circulate... ...The third Bindu, dedicated to a rapprochement between “jazz” and “reggae” – neither a recording of “jazz” nor a recording of “reggae”, but a recording from the “Great Tradition” – continues to create open environments...
...Whatever he does, the creative musician states the collective value, the variable mutant of play. Euphoria. At the second hearing, if all goes well, if he got across Kâli’s heart, if he or she does not hide no more, the listener should have grown younger by two or three sources of happiness.
Excerpt from the liner notes, written by Alexandre Pierrepont
The lyrics are by Napoleon Maddox (1, 3, 5, 6), Hamid Drake (1, 7), Ramakrishna (from « The Great Swan, a Meeting With Ramakrishna », by Lex Hixon) (4) and excerpts of Tantric Hymns (from « Mother of the Universe » by Lex Hixon) (7)
Recorded on May 6th, 7th and 8th 2009 by John McEntire at Soma Electronic Music Studio, Chicago, Il, USA except 7 recorded on July 28th 2009 by Griffin Rodriguez at The Sape Shoppe Studio Chicago, Il, USA Mixed by John McEntire, except 7 by Griffin Rodriguez Mastering: Jean-Pierre Bouquet at L’autre Studio, Vaires-sur-Marne, France Liner Notes: Alexandre Pierrepont Photographs: RogueArt Cover Design: Max Schoendorff Cover Realisation: David Bourguignon, URDLA Producer: Michel Dorbon
