Global Drum Project | ||||
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Released | October 2, 2007 | |||
Genre | World music | |||
Length | 42:00 | |||
Label | Shout! Factory | |||
Producer | Mickey Hart Zakir Hussain | |||
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Global Drum Project is an album by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo. It was released by Shout! Factory on October 2, 2007.[1][2]
The album combines music played on a variety of drums and other instruments, human voices singing and chanting, and electronic samples and digitally created sounds. It is a blend of traditional music, influenced by Mickey Hart's musicological studies of drumming from around the world, and music created using modern computer technology.
Global Drum Project won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.[3][4][5] It reached number six on the Billboard chart for top world music albums.[6]
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