Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang Duo – Ask The Sun

Musicians

Hamid Drake tabla, drum set, djimbe, conga, frame drum, bells, gongs, shakers, cymbals, tambourine, didjeridoo, voice (Zirk of the Heart)

Michael Zerang dumbek, frame drums, tambourine, drum set, trap set, dawoola, bells, gongs, cymbals, chimes, bass drums, didjeridooon “Ararat Mountain Two-Step”:

Ashik Altany zurma

Eddie Zerang djimbe

Cover and Artwork

Cover artist: Eric Evans
Photographer: Marc PoKempner
Graphic designer: Louise Molnar

Songs

1. Sacred Womb (for Oshun) (10:05)
2. The Children of Clark Street (8:20) (MPEG2)
3. River Dance (11:22)
4. The Wisdom Sisters (6:05) (MPEG2)
5. Ararat Mountain Two-Step (6:04)
6. The Black Basement (13:05) (MPEG2)
7. Dreaming of Winter (7:02)
8. Zikr of the Heart (10:23)

total time: 72:26

all compositions by Hamid Drake (Smiling Forehead/BMI) and Michael Zerang (MUNIMULAMUSIC/BMI)

Recording Info

Recorded at Airwave Studios, Chicago, IL, September 14-15, 1995
(“The Black Basement” recorded live at Club Lower Links, Chicago, IL, May 19, 1991 by Sundell Close)

Producers: Michael Zerang and Hamid Drake
Executive Producer: Bruno Johnson
Engineer: John McCortney