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, didjeridoo on "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