reefwalker's Favorite tracks on alonetone
by Reefwalker
- 01. Light And Shadow 3:27
- 02. The West 2:44
- 03. I Feel It (alonetone edit) 5:16
- 04. Electric lights 3:46
- 05. Safire Wants Gold 3:01
- 06. Stolen Frames (demo) 4:11
- 07. Walking Man Blues 7:11
- 08. The Crystal Ship 3:54
- 09. The Sugar-Plum Tree 2:52
- 10. drift 7:33
- 11. There is a Point 2:12
- 12. Gandhi - GMO'd 4:34
- 13. Outasite! 1:45
- 14. Pure Land 2:00
- 15. I Wish 3:07
- 16. Layers no. 1 4:45
- 17. This Is A Song 2:35
- 17. A Trembling of the Heart 2:49
- 17. Everything's Fine 4:12
- 18. Borned Stoned 5:04
- 19. Nina's Flute 2:24
- 20. Afternoon Light in a Tea Garden 10:50
- 21. Drunken Loser 3:00
- 22. Farewell Old Friend 3:53
- 23. Improv 3:56
- 24. Song For A Friend (Remix) 3:19
- 25. New Used Car 2:42
- 26. Groove for Saint Monica 3:06
- 27. Black Keys with Kirk Lynch 4:11
- 27. Stairway with Sister Savage 4:58
- 27. Hypochondria 5:37
- 28. Your Light (with Video) 3:10
- 29. The Pond 5:00
- 30. Cottonwood 2:12
- 31. In Search of Perfect Consonance 2:21
- 32. everytime you show yourself 2:59
- 33. Old 2:28
- 34. Puma Vivisect (Strung, Drawn & Quartered) 6:42
- 35. CROWN OF DUST (OsCKilO) 3:33
- 36. Strange Kind of Woman (Cover) 3:31
- 37. And She Became a Tree 2:18
- 38. Dreams of the Ocean (Sister Savage)... update 5:22
- 39. Ayre #1 C minor 2:47
- 40. The Dream of Aengus 2:53
- 41. Riders on the Storm 4:14
- 42. Tool 3:40
- 43. D&K Jam 16:36
- 44. vEmpire 5:27
- 45. Love Engine 3 4:54
- 46. Vaisvil | Slicy Basses 2:35
- 47. flei 04.05.2010 4:08
- 48. Life Of A Bubble Featuring Launched 2:13
- 49. Your Charms 2:33
- 50. A Little Sugar with Coffee 3:31
- 51. Osckilo, Launched | Kidding Myself 3:07
- 52. Do You Ever 3:18
- 53. Piano Sonata One 1st mov 4:47
- 54. Do You Wanna See 2:57
- 55. Beatles Mystery Cover 4:40
- 56. Extra Ef-Fret 2:27
- 57. Piano Sonata One 3rd mov 5:18
- 58. Catch A Train with Jarvis and Brian Bazeley 4:13
- 59. I Don't Know What I Don't Know (With Norm) 2:00
- 60. Bandit (with Kavin) 4:17
- 61. Itchy for Sax 2:46
- 62. Love on the b**ch [lounge] 3:59
- 63. Groove for Saint Joseph 3:29
- 64. Chocolate Cake (/w Norm) 3:38
- 65. some summer day 3:20
- 66. Fly 3:38
- 67. A giant Blue and a red Dwarf (part 1) [ambient] 5:55
- 67. Where I am now: Opus In Car 10:38
- 68. Piano Montage 1:34
- 69. Untitled Sugar 7:52
- 70. suspended sea 4:14
- 71. a little moon music 5:11
- 72. Waves 2:37
- 73. LEAVING 070410 - NO MAN'S LAND 3:21
- 74. Ugly Nancy 4:38
- 75. Alex | Hughan "The King's Drum" 5:13
- 76. Know 3:45
- 77. Cabinets 2:43
- 78. Open Road 2:11
- 79. Shafts of Light 4:48
- 80. Once again : Geir and OsCKilO (W/Video) 4:02
- 81. Marshmallows [tribal ambient] 7:44
- 82. What To Do, What Not To Do 5:18
- 83. Mortelle Savana [world electro] 6:24
- 84. Open Your Eyes 4:00
- 85. talking heads 3:43
- 86. Arise (Live Take) 4:28
- 87. The Equation 4:26
- 88. Standing on the Edge (Kelly Armstrong) 4:20
- 89. Out On the Stoop 3:26
- 90. She Did 3:39
- 90. What makes us human [chillout] 7:08
- 91. War In My Blood 3:38
- 92. Lord's Lion 3:48
- 93. Watches & Trains 3:08
- 94. Why Anyone Would 4:26
- 95. Ring O Fire (Cover) 3:14
- 96. Orange Crush with The Panes 3:01
- 97. Biko (OldRottenHead vocal) 4:16
- 98. 3 sheets (Launched and OsCKilO) 3:18
- 100. Definition (Acoustic) 3:08
- 101. Lost Friendship (WIP) 2:53
- 103. Something /w Facemask93 3:07
- 104. Smoke 3:10
- 104. Here We Are Juggernaut 3:29
- 105. Cabinotes with Norm 2:45
- 106. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 7:34
- 107. Some 70's progression 2:50
- 108. Stinkbugs Everywhere! 3:29
- 109. My New Digs 2:14
- 110. Quick Step synth ver WIP 2:31
- 111. Tramp Cover with Norm 6:49
- 112. In Out 4:20
- 113. Moonbathing 5:35
- 114. Generation Pass 3:09
- 115. ABC 4:18
- 116. Surf'n with Duke and Da Cat 3:44
- 117. hoggs 3:48
- 118. DITD 5:03
- 119. Even a superwomen gets tired 2:56
- 120. Look Ma No Frets 3:04
- 120. Stealing Pumpkins 3:22
- 121. Carmina Burana for Piano 25:24
- 122. Home Alone feat. Norm 3:15
- 123. The Innocence Of Obsession 4:44
- 124. Batten Down The Hatches 4:19
- 126. Too Much 3:34
- 127. The Waves The Sea The Spray 3:23
- 128. Velosa y Los Carrangueros. La Gallina Mellicera 1:07
- 129. The One I Left Behind 3:52
- 130. Wasted Wolves (demo) 3:19
- 131. Brighter 4:06
- 132. Crash 3:52
- 133. Bitter Dregs (w/ Norm) 2:34
- 134. "Your heart": With Video(By Geir and OsCKilO) 2:16
- 135. The Endless Path (w/ Norm & Reefwalker) 3:44
- 136. Kin (Instrumental) 3:14
- 137. Let It Out Mix 2 3:10
- 138. Letting Go 3:18
- 139. Old Guitarist (/w Norm) 2:32
- 140. Johnny Stone | Christmas Rock In Oz 2:55
- 141. One Step At a Time (shore fm. performance) 3:54
- 142. Capt. Gene | FunkManiac 3:44
- 143. pumpkin 3:57
- 144. Hundred Million Billion 2:41
- 145. Reformation Drum Solo 8:07
- 146. Excluded by Peers 2:54
- 147. Silent Night 3:05
- 149. Indulgent and Sensitive 1:56
- 150. The Photograph 2:54
- 151. Wish You Were Here 5:29
- 152. Meade #9 Boot 4:45
- 153. Not so Much as One of Them 4:30
- 154. Christmas in London (Osckilo) 3:00
- 155. Swamp Dog 5:22
- 156. Moon River 3:22
- 158. Eternal becoming 4:19
- 159. Think Positive! 4:14
- 160. Dancing with Great Whites 5:11
- 161. 06-The Star (for Arthur C. Clarke) 4:08
- 162. Falling Down Blues 3:26
- 163. City 4:16
- 164. JANUARY 4:45
- 165. Lyka Movie 2:00
- 166. slim_and_none 4:26
- 167. A Mile With Sorrow 3:15
- 168. A Mile with Sorrow Norm/Rick 3:19
- 169. A Foxy Hysteria (With Norm Harris) 6:27
- 170. Blumlein Fantasy 4:30
- 171. Akpesse (aka High Life) 4:28
- 172. Another Blank Page 5:43
- 173. Breath Of Air 3:23
- 174. Good Times (With Video) 3:09
- 175. All those times I've wondered 5:24
- 176. I Am 3:42
- 177. Punchy 6:06
- 178. Total Title 20:38
- 179. So Much More 5:07
- 180. perfect storm w/Ben 3:53
- 181. Faith Goes To Market! 6:03
- 182. FLY's by with Norm 3:46
- 183. Down at the Swamp 2:53
- 184. Paradise with Pain (Norm, tworegs) 3:19
- 185. My Knees 2:18
- 186. Valentine song # 1 I will (Beatles) 2:46
- 187. Dethklok Inspired Jam - Metalocalypse 4:00
- 188. Give No Reason 2:49
- 189. Black Cat Bone - Stripped - Every Morning 5:46
- 190. Love Blues 3:18
- 191. Farewell for a friend 1:35
- 192. Tell Me Your Secret (RPM) 3:40
- 193. Dirty Deeds!! 4:07
- 194. Norms Stealing Pumpkins 2:54
- 195. Dethklok 2 - Diminished 3:03
- 196. A Toast to the Stone Age 3:41
- 197. The Fall 4:26
- 198. No Name 3:23
- 199. Don T Let The Sun Go Down (Daniel Johnston Cover) 3:15
- 200. Breaking Arrows (elusive gene cover with Alex Moody) 2:27
- 201. All Boiled down 3:05
- 202. Crown of dust (live) 30/12/10 3:37
- 203. Vlad the Impaler 5:42
- 204. after the quake 2:30
- 205. Love Me Tender with Henwrench 3:18
- 206. Mare Serenitatis 3:18
- 207. Down In The Park (G.Numan Cover) 4:32
- 208. Self Help Hypnosis 4:40
- 209. it's jemimas kite by jemima's kite 4:12
- 210. Nobody Home (Pink Floyd cover) 2:30
- 211. 7th Son 4:05
- 212. Groove for Shabbat 4:24
- 213. I'm Sad Sad Sad 4:41
- 214. Y-Class Steam Locomotive Bell... with Bongos 2:21
- 215. Winter Nacht Finale 5:19
- 216. Tumbling the Tumbao (w/ Norm) 3:48
- 217. Dear Prudence (Beatles) 3:53
- 218. PARA (Hidden Track from new album- "Black cat" 3:43
- 219. I'm On Drugs vocals and harmonica by Colin Garvey 4:33
- 220. Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin cover) 7:03
- 221. Forgive My Politeness 2:51
- 222. Lucy Australopithecus 6:50
- 223. TheOnlyBlues 4:54
- 224. Alex Moody | Crossed Swords 3:58
- 225. Piano moment 5 3:20
- 226. Ediacaran Garden 1:03
- 227. walking tree 3:18
- 228. Never Forget 4:58
- 229. Floating 4:13
- 231. Invisible Friend 4:01
- 232. Come Tomorrow 3:36
- 233. Piano moment 7 1:21
- 234. Blue Bird Sax 9:16
- 235. Buffalo Bill 4:05
- 236. I Know (We'll Get By) 4:38
- 237. Proof 4:06
- 238. Chuckie's Basement 11:31
- 239. Entendre 7:05
- 240. I Know We'll Get By (with MTC) 4:35
- 241. Piano moment 8 3:10
- 242. Piano Intro 2:15
- 243. Driftwood 2:36
- 244. G Blues - Greg 6:05
- 245. Rafts 2:54
- 246. Departing Crystaline Vision 2:51
- 247. As the Sun shines..... (With Video) 3:15
- 248. Blank Pt1 12:36
- 250. Emptied 2:00
- 251. What Is And What Should Never Be With Johnny Stone 5:03
- 252. Goodbye 3:33
- 253. Маргоmp3 1:55
- 254. Mobius Waltz (Demo) 4:33
- 256. I learned to fly 3:42
- 257. Cat's Pajamas 3:31
- 259. empathic res 6:10
- 260. It's the Citizens Advice Bureaux 2:52
- 261. Get in a Line and Sing 3:37
- 262. Talkin Smack on Xenharmonic Alliance 3:11
- 263. The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin) W/Johnny Stone 8:09
- 264. Song of the Day 6:09
- 265. Here We Are Today (Strummidude) 2:10
- 266. Simple Gifts (w/ Bethan) 1:07
- 267. Get_Me_Back_kns 2:28
- 268. Returning Crystaline Vision 2:56
- 269. Matanzas Guaguanco 5:56
- 270. Postcards from Neptune 3:26
- 271. Merengue 3:06
- 273. Greg Brady 3:51
- 274. The Devil drives a Cooper 2:32
- 275. Groove for Saint Francis of Assisi 4:23
- 276. Bonfire Lullaby 5:58
- 277. Groove for All Hallows 5:02
- 278. Let's get out of here 3:55
- 279. Cape Breton Wedding 3:15
- 280. Circles and Seasons (with slkrell) 3:51
- 281. Tuesday's Child in 24 edo 2:23
- 282. Blue Bossa 2:38
- 283. Sympathy for a Friend 8:17
- 284. My Song 2:49
- 285. Honky Tonk Prison (Angie Fights Crime) 3:23
- 286. Robert Denby 2:57
- 287. Until Then (Shine) 2:31
- 288. Groove for Saint Ambrose 4:52
- 289. Improv 12 4 11 6:08
- 290. Bansuri Recording 3:10
- 291. Fly just like a butterfly 5:47
- 292. Pilón for A New Son 4:14
- 293. Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt) 5:41
- 294. Ziggystardust 3:51
- 295. Dark Beneath The Waves 3:14
- 296. Quarter of a 60th Djörk (M.T.C.) 5:10
- 297. Inner View (1-RPM2012) 2:12
- 298. Be Calm 3:33
- 299. One Last Dull Surprise 3:26
- 300. SLKrell | Cuban Chevrolet 3:55
- 301. Chasing My Tail 5:23
- 303. Feel The Beat From The Cellar 3:50
- 304. Groove for Cleopas & Simon 4:54
- 305. in conclusion 4:24
- 306. Inverse Bipedal Degradation 4:34
- 307. When Love's Involved 3:07
- 308. free to love 4:32
- 309. A perfect day 3:54
- 310. Miss you( Rolling Stones) 3:09
- 311. God Wields the Higgs Boson 8:58
- 312. Earth, Can You Hear me Now? 4:16
- 313. Oh Jamaica w/Speeddemon (remixed) 5:55
- 314. Dusty Trail 6:43
- 315. the simple act of being 3:27
- 316. My Loves Gone Bad 3:50
- 317. Funked Up 4:58
- 318. Valerie 3:31
- 319. Get The Lifeboat In The Water 4:06
- 320. MTC Standing in the Center 3:33
- 321. The Messy Lipstick 2:25
- 322. One and Only 3:44
- 323. Noided 3:03
- 324. NGC 6611 4:44
- 325. Vincent (Don Mclean) 4:09
- 326. It's alright w/2Regs, FDR & Lady Jane 4:23
- 327. Wait Until Tomorrow (Hendrix Cover) 3:13
- 328. Eyes Wide Rosa Mae 3:34
- 329. Novelty_Song 3:22
- 330. Twelve Days of Christmas 3:51
- 331. The Fisherman (Leo Kottke) 3:24
- 332. MLGB with WildGeas 4:12
- 334. A Funky Christmas With Eloise Norm Reg 4:25
- 335. In the Mirror (With Video) 3:12
- 336. Winter Skies 5:06
- 337. Little Angel 3:18
- 338. Freeze 4:37
- 339. IT'S ALL YOU GTC 4:41
- 340. Snowfall 3:27
- 341. Improv 1 12 2 2012 5:20
- 342. What's He Building In There? (Tom Waits Cover) 6:40
- 343. Groove for Saint Thomas 5:32
- 344. Pachabell Cannon "Peace" 3:38
- 345. I'm Moving on 3:55
- 346. WGAF_TK9 3:41
- 347. Broca's Area 4:28
- 348. Sweet Peppermint 1:40
- 349. Digging A Hole 4:10
- 350. Honest Man 2:57
- 351. Free Magick 2:48
- 352. Once More Round The Block 3:38
- 353. Tension 3:10
- 354. Flat Pipes Demo 3:50
- 355. You and Me 2:47
- 356. Costurera 6:09
- 357. Changes (Reg does Sabbath) 4:05
- 358. Cindy Loveless 3:06
- 359. Half A Life 2:56
- 360. Of all time 4:09
- 361. I_can_t_play_it_safe 3:39
- 362. Internet_Rock_n_Roll_Star 3:40
- 363. And She Said.... 6:43
- 364. 90 Days In The Jail House 2:27
- 365. Roadrunner 3:10
- 366. How Long Have You Got To Wait? 2:53
- 367. A man in his prime 2:25
- 368. The Death Of Night 3:14
- 369. C.R.1114 3:34
- 370. Star-Shot Sky 4:20
- 371. My Baby Forgot She Love Me 4:01
- 372. What Was I Thinking 5:17
- 373. Groove for Saint Gregory The Illuminator 5:17
- 374. Looking In The Mirror Today w/ Two Regs 5:42
- 375. THE "VC" Shuffle 1:12
- 376. love rears 13.08.2014 3:55
- 377. Sugar (demo) 4:24
- 378. 8-23 Acoustic Session 2:40
- 379. Trip Trap Tap 2:51
- 380. Holy Wind w/ Alister Flint 8:39
- 381. 4 Ladies of X-Mas W/ Wrinkled Shirt 4:07
- 382. I dream of this... 1:54
- 383. Faster Than A Lemon 6:37
- 384. All That Jazz w Kavin and Norm 3:05
- 385. Blues Jump 4:12
- 386. It's My Call 7:37
- 388. Groove for Saint Michael 3:38
- 389. Musical Medication w/Norm 3:55
- 390. Uncharted Waters w/ Norm 5:04
- 391. Losing you 5:21
- 392. Cornucopia 4:18
- 393. Hard Is What I Do 3:35
- 394. First Lie 5:13
- 395. Can't You See Her 3:23
- 396. Groove for Saint Simon the Zealot (For Alex) 3:17
- 399. I'm gonna kill me a Mockingbird (Big Bad Dog) 9:35
- 400. Runway Lights In 128 - Wake Forest University 8:09
- 401. All That Jazz II 3:05
- 402. March to the Sea (Cover) 3:00
- 403. Who Knew (Out At S.M.U.) 3:42
- 404. Who Knew 4:33
- 405. Listen To New Music A Lot 2:49
- 406. Spread a little Christmas love 6:48
- 407. I Know Because It Does/The Man Unseen 4:10
- 408. The Seeker 5:41
- 409. Gotcha 3:53
- 410. Nothing's Wrong_RPM13 2:52
- 411. Walking on a frosty night 4:26
- 412. Wound the Noose 3:53
- 413. In your hands (RPM) 4:03
- 414. Meet Me At The Narrows (with JBL) 4:52
- 415. The Arc 3:24
- 416. Moving On Mix 1 (Big Bad Dog) 6:30
- 417. Wish That You Were Here 6:44
- 418. Silent Reminder 4:06
- 419. In an Apartment Deep Undersea 3:22
- 420. I Went Down 5:30
- 421. invidious 3:54
- 422. born 2 grow 3:51
- 423. Milkman 3:13
- 424. Skylar spins the moon (RPM) 3:25
- 425. Azure Window 4:02
- 426. Late Nights 2:21
- 427. Lonesome Monument 4:43
- 428. Between The Twilight And The Dawn 3:04
- 429. Before I Sleep 122516 2:10
- 430. Fred's 0:40
- 431. Always Young In My Dreams 111716 3:29
- 432. AG1021172 6:23
- 433. Backup Wells - Slow Funk 4:01
- 434. Backup Wells - God Only Knows 5:03
- 435. Pigly Gland Breach 1:37
- 436. Memories Left Behind' 2:01
- 437. Wilderness 5:58
- 438. Starry 5:42
- 439. snowsnowsnow 4:16
- 440. Otherness- Part 2 2:06
- 441. OH YEAH - 11:11:2017, 20.39 2:48
- 442. Adios Diecisiete 4:21
- 443. Surf Naked! 3:48
- 444. Royal Orleans 3:00
- 445. Third Stone From The Sun (Cover) 5:11
- 446. I Came To The City (LiTLR) 4:59
- 447. Dr. Pepsi's Death Cult Glee Club 4:05
- 448. Better Things To Do 3:29
- 449. Miles Away 4:29
- 450. WHY Geas & Reg 2:58
- 451. Going Home - studio version 4:34
- 452. Don't Worry 'Bout That Right Now 2:29
- 453. Call Collect to God 4:20
- 454. Rock N Roll Suicide (LiTLR) 3:57
- 455. Groovy Boots 1:52
- 456. Try Just A Little Bit Harder (Li Tc) 7:24
- 457. Clementine 2:15
- 458. Between the Saddle and the Ground 4:52
- 459. Tapping Thing 2:37
- 460. Were You Ever Loved Like That? 3:17
- 461. Go Home 2:44
- 463. Song for wlll 2:34
- 464. Your Eyes 1:47
- 465. Somebody Said 2:03
- 466. A Ghost On Every Corner 4:20
- 467. Send me home 4:26
- 468. Another Day 3:28
- 469. Sweet Time 3:01
- 470. Stay With Me 3:40
- 471. Gift of the Magi 3:16
- 472. Out of the rain 3:57
- 474. Parasite Expectations 4:56
- 475. Trial and Error 6:18
- 476. Gallows demo 4:05
- 478. Soft & Wavy 2:03
- 479. It's OK plus Mac 5:05
- 480. It's Ok 5:00
- 481. Walking In An April Rain 2:30
- 483. Splinter Informed 3:32
- 484. New Vegas Shuffle 2:49
- 485. Riptide (performed by my littlest girl) 3:30
- 486. Passover Hump 5:50
- 487. The Astral Unbound 5:37
- 488. Need A Prescription 4:04
- 489. She hides her heart 2:33
- 490. If We Should Sing Together 4:50
- 491. Treasure 3:06
- 492. Can’t You Come Home 2:28
- 493. The Practical Gardener 3:13
- 494. And people stayed at home 3:50
- 495. Largesse Babycakes 3:18
- 496. Mississippi Moon 2:35
- 497. The Buring of Moria 5:36
- 498. I want you 3:43
- 499. Where do we go from here? 5:30
- 500. Encounters 4:25
- 501. eat the moon 4:01
- 502. Worst case 3:25
- 503. We weep but we can’t hide 4:34
- 504. Come To Me - Revived 3:59
- 505. energy 6:27
- 506. What is should never be 4:38
- 507. Lets get along 4:26
- 509. Too Close to call (Matt Ferrara Cover) 3:41
- 510. Keep It Together 4:18
- 511. Before (Full Mix) 4:18
- 512. In the Eyes (L17 Cover) 2:59
- 513. Excuse Me 2:51
- 514. Release Your Passenger (Angie Fights Crime) 3:39
- 515. Turn it up 1:49
- 516. Consensus ...the Lure 3:37
- 517. Why'd You Leave New Mexico? 3:35
- 518. Preparing Absinthe 3:21
- 519. Wait 2:52
- 520. Vertigo 4:14
- 521. The Hidden Door 5:33
- 522. Cool, Calm and Connected 4:45
- 523. 1 surrounded by you 3:59
- 524. Palm of your hand 3:27
- 525. Desert Rose 4:22
- 526. Another Day in Quarantine 8:26
- 527. Apart 4:25
- 528. I feel so alive 3:30
- 529. The Tenderloin 3:26
- 530. Smile 4:18
- 531. When_You_say_It’s_All_Over 4:40
- 532. Get Down-RPM2020 2:58
- 533. Well I Never 1:31
- 534. the woman you love 3:21
- 535. Everyone is Irish On St Patrick's Day 3:15
- 536. Cleaned Up -RPM 2021 2:54
- 537. Strut my stuff 3:33
- 538. 2 A mooch down the Boulivard in New York 7:58
- 539. Something For You 3:48
Alex | Hughan "The King's Drum"
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Caveat emptor: I did absolutely none of the drumming in this piece.
WORLD PREMIER! FIRST RECORDING OF THIS PATTERN - EVER!
My friend Kokou “Alex” Yemey called me a few days ago with some urgency in his voice: “I must record this before I forget it”. Alex is a very skilled percussionist from Togo, West Africa, but he’s now been in the USA a few years. Naturally I invited him into my studio, where he selected and tuned the drums of his choice - later I helped him a bit running the mixing board, but I did not play any of the instruments. We briefly considered using a metronome, which he refused. He could not verbalize what tempo or time signature he required, so this is performed “au natural”. He had no rehearsal, and finished each of these 7 tracks on the first take. After a brief listen, he said, “Yes, that’s it”. And here it is.
He started out by recording the cowbell pattern, followed next by the high and mid-ranged conga drums. Then the shakere. Then the “talking drums”, which are a major voice in the pattern, and the bass drum, which is the dominant drum. The bass drum was the only one he danced to while playing (he also wants to do a video of the dance at some point). I offered him a large variety of drum sticks, and for the drums that he used sticks on he quickly selected a set of plastic sticks I had salvaged from a child’s toy xylophone. He quickly moved from one track to the next, refused any refreshment (so I had to drink his beer as well as mine), while his 4 beautiful kids played right outside of the door to the studio. Just when I thought we were finished he said “Now I will sing”.
Of course I had to get the story. What is this pattern called; what’s it all about; where did it come from; has it ever been recorded before?
The name of this pattern is “Hughan”, which translates to “Big Drum” or “The King’s Drum”. It originates from the “Tado” West African tribe, in the area of the present countries of Benin, Ghana and Togo. It is a traditional, ceremonial pattern that is played at the burial of a “very old person” or “a hunter”. The pattern is played continuously for 2 - 24 hours (“or until the drink is gone”) at the funeral celebration (it’s a celebration, not really a mourning), after the burial. If the event is for a hunter, the other hunters from his “team” will dance to the cemetery and back to the celebration, seven times, while this pattern is being played.
And, no, to the knowledge of Alex (or me), this pattern has never been recorded before now.
If anyone can help me figure out how to score this, I would appreciate it… but don’t focus on just one drum, as this is polyrhythm at it’s finest!
LYRICS:
The hunter has shot the animal, but missed. Let’s follow it.
The animal is gone, let’s go after it.
Guest
said
Norm....your music has just lifted my spirit!
Norm
said
I am heart broken to inform you that Kokou “Alex” Yemey was killed in a motor vehicle accident last Friday. The world will never again hear this genius, at least on this side of the veil. RIP my good friend...
Guest
said
Alex tu m'as rappele encore les ceremonies de deces de mon pere ou le hugan a ete joue.
void
said
Stunning stuff! Gotta love polyrhythms! And impressively tight as well - the man sure got rhythm! :D
Norm
said
@Sha-Pink: Thanks! I have a wide variety of different drums - you can get one view of my studio from the cover of my "collaborations" playlist. Various congas, bongos, djembes, bass drums, bells and effects instruments... but no trap-set.
Tharek Ali Mokbul
said
Syncopation Like no other! Loving this! Reminds me Of my trip to Nigeria! Is it Africa-fest on the site or something? FAVED!
Guest
said
This is amazing!
Guest
said
Gobsmacked !
Guest
said
I love it. It sounds true and real and natural. I LOVE it.
Reefwalker
said
Dude, of course this is an instant fav. Yemey and I were hanging out in Togo when I first showed him this pattern. I call it the "King of Windsor" pattern. Naturally, he couldnt tell you this as his english is Kwaai. The lyrics are old too, its about my brother, Norm, the last time he went pheasant hunting. Excellent, man thanks for sharing this
launched
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Yes - I love it. Masterfully played and produced. It's a really tight beat, and sounds as one in a lot of places. Very impressive!