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Recommend some percussion only music, please. Will accept anything from John Cage to Guem.

― Daniel, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Max Roach's M'Boom! The studio debut and especially the Live at S.O.B's if you can find it.

Also Milford Graves' records on Tzadik and any recordings of Japanese Taiko groups or the drummers of Burundi.

― Jordan, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree whole-heartedly with the Max Roach pick, though my favourite would be Percussion BitterSweet.

― cuba libre (nathalie), Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Gerry Hemingway's _Tubworks_. And there have to be some appropriate Quintron recordings, too...

― Douglas, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Diga Rhythm Band- Diga (Rykodisc; band with Mickey hart and Zakir Hussain)

― Joe, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i once saw max roach give a show which was just him and a cymbal for two hours

― mark s, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and it was amazing

― mark s, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

That's beyond fantastic. Was it a hi-hat?

― Jordan, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Steve Reich's 'Drumming'

― Geoffrey Balasoglou, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Diga Rhythm Band fantastic. Max Roach - will investigate! Ta!

― daniel, Saturday, 1 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Milford Graves- Stories on Tzadik.

And I see in new wire E.Prevost is releasing a new solo record.

― Julio Desouza, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The Milford Graves alb on ESP w/ Sonny Morgan (not Murray) - 'Percussion Ensemble' - is gd too.

― Andrew L, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Tehcnically, all solo piano works right? ;-p

― phil, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Technically... but not quite what I had in mind. Yes, it could be argued that it's possible to play any old instrument as percussion if we open up the defintion. Arto Lindsay's guitar work, for example, seems to have more to do with percussion than with what one might normally associate with the guitar. But I was really looking for works on drums and other instruments traditionally considered percussion.

― daniel, Sunday, 2 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Selected tracks by Savage Aural Hotbed. Whee!

― Dan Perry, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Music for Bang Bar-ooooooom and Harp by Dick Schory

John Cage's Credo in US (this has piano) and the Constructions in metal

Martin Denny

Xenakis - Pléïades.

― Jeff W, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

These A Certain Ratio cuts are mostly just percussion, some wordless voice too: Blown Away, Sesamo Apriti - Corco Vada.

― Jeff W, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Millard Clark's recordings of Native American drumming make your skull feel like a loudspeaker.

― Curt, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - s/t (produced by Van Dyke Parks, released in 1971)

Bizarre steel drum originals and takes on timely standards.

― http://gygax.pitas.com, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, people, this is ace! Just come back from Tower where I spent a good half hour checking out Milford Graves and Max Roach on the (dodgy) listening post. Mindblowing. I'll get around to listening to today's suggestions very soon. Ta! Keep 'em coming.

― daniel, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Music for Bang Bar-ooooooom and Harp by Dick Schory

A few years ago I saw a copy of this on the wall at (Saturn?) Records for $100, so I returned with my copy and they gave me $40 for it, terrific considering I got it for like a buck. The music really isn't great, but the album cover is pretty good. I actually own some percussion-only albums but don't make me try and remember what they are now; I've had a rough day.

― Sean, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

susie ibarra & denis charles 'drum talk', ravish momin 'sound dissolving sound', 'power solos' by omar hakim, dennis chambers, simon phillips & bobby rock (video that ranges from awe-inspiring to hilarious)

― gilgamesh, Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

seventeen years pass...

Seriously appreciating this record today:
https://open.spotify.com/album/21cSsVlFOhJ8QvF0B6gH9L?si=gjQBZAW1RkG1R8sipPorgA

Other recommendations from the last 17 years?

― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 16:38 (five years ago)

This is from 1974 but it rocks. Two German rock drummers goin hard and spacey:

https://www.discogs.com/master/view/276642

Zabba Lindner & Carsten Bohn ‎– Vollbedienung Of Percussion

― brimstead, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:43 (five years ago)

The Tortoise drummers released a percussion-only album called Bumps in 2007.

― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:48 (five years ago)

Love this album/artist
https://img.discogs.com/DPqL4NnGNU0JKxHLCVVG2efPHH0=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-197446-1520063141-4714.jpeg.jpg

― ravedeaf nineHEIN?seventyWHO? (Craig D.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 19:11 (five years ago)

A snare drum, knitting needle and spring doorstop walk into a bar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTC68YRgUQ4

Gene Koshinski, percussion composer

― Hideous Lump, Friday, 24 April 2020 04:10 (five years ago)

Claude Vivier – Cinq chansons pour percussion

― pomenitul, Friday, 24 April 2020 04:13 (five years ago)

i love that koshinski thing with the spring.

― El Tomboto, Friday, 24 April 2020 04:27 (five years ago)

Ploy - Intrigued by the drum

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 24 April 2020 05:39 (five years ago)

Batu - Murmur

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 24 April 2020 05:39 (five years ago)

Billy Martin and G. Calvin Weston - Percussion Duets

― SlimAndSlam, Friday, 24 April 2020 11:21 (five years ago)

Love the doorstopper stick. It reminds me of the Man Forever piece that involves two drummers playing on a single-stroke roll on the same head for 20+ minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fwj7MVTmk

― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 April 2020 13:45 (five years ago)

two years pass...

https://unjenesaisquoi.bandcamp.com/album/batterie-fragile?fbclid=IwAR1NGJSdXpwHMMjjUCMtgyibt5HkwyQZjsQ_j6kLhO3Numsjbct7e38dREI

― giraffe, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 08:42 (two years ago)

https://unjenesaisquoi.bandcamp.com/album/batterie-fragile

― giraffe, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 08:44 (two years ago)

(Sorry for being rubbish at formatting)

― giraffe, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 08:44 (two years ago)

Does Joey Beltram - The Start It Up count or are we talking live percussion only?

― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 08:49 (two years ago)

I guess we can make our own rules up as we go along.

― giraffe, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 09:05 (two years ago)

Buttercup Metal Polish - Too Cold:

https://buttercupmetalpolish.bandcamp.com/album/too-cold

― lord of the rongs (anagram), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 09:51 (two years ago)

Enjoyed this recent archival release of Alvin Curran's experiments with drum samples etc:

https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/drumming-up-trouble

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 10:09 (two years ago)

https://mohammadmortazavi.bandcamp.com/album/ritme-jaavdanegi

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 17:58 (two years ago)

Really enjoying this Persian percussion

― giraffe, Thursday, 5 January 2023 10:09 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Been listening a lot to the Drums Off Chaos EPs that Jaki Leibezeit was involved in, more of a modern percussion ensemble approach but the recordings are really banging.

Also very excited for this record -- a percussion ensemble led by Binkbeats recorded sample material for some great producers and drummer/composers, then it was passed back for a few rounds of recording and shaping.

https://maloca.bandcamp.com/album/siiix-vol-1

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 20:16 (one year ago)

Also this one isn't strictly percussion, but mostly percussion (inc. Valentina Magaletti).

https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/album/station-to-station-to-station

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 20:17 (one year ago)

Here’s a Jack DeJohnette, et al. Album called Percussion Profiles from 1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YvdBXKGR1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnri0k2Zt4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1VrkkDOSx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvbnypoy20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z2jz6NvCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peRjypB3U8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvbnypoy20

― bbq, Thursday, 25 April 2024 06:21 (one year ago)

I love that CZN Magaletti one

― giraffe, Thursday, 25 April 2024 07:17 (one year ago)

Assuming you count the berimbau as a percussion instrument (it has a string), Nana Vasconcelos's Africadeus belongs here. Incredible record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMIATremPfA

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 25 April 2024 17:32 (one year ago)

John French — O Solo Drumbo (Avant 1998)
is pretty good

― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Thursday, 25 April 2024 17:57 (one year ago)

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