PIAS, ED - ANCESTOR'S HALO (CD)

"When David Hykes, Founder and Master of Harmonic Chant, heard "Ancestor's Halo" he immediately asked Ed Pias to accompany him on tour playing frame drums and pakhawaj. Ed Pias, one of Seattle's finest drummer/percussionists and previously in Land(XCD-032) with Jeff Greinke, was of course delighted to accompany Hykes. "Ancestor's Halo" is a solo exploration of percussion and drone, combining such instruments as frame drums, tar, riq, kanjira, tambourines, cymbals, Burmese gong, pakhawaj, tabla, drum set, voice, ankle rattles, shakers, jaw harps and ocarina. It is an album that acknowledges the rightful heritage of the instruments and the cultural awareness that can arise from the creation of music." (label info)