Lion’s Drums full length exists as an exploration in multiple dimensions. First by challenging the notion of the album format by presenting a body of work that lies snuggly between remixes, edits and original works and secondly as a means to delve into the transcendent potential of the drum. The album sets the tone by putting these two concepts fully on display with its hypnotic chant, swaying one into ease over the first two songs. In orderly cue folding and unfolding, meditatively through, melodies as muddied pastelle whispers cast over the measured language of the drum. Breaking away from the musing themes of the opening songs we find an ecstatic ritual in "Tanz der Körperlinge" and "Journey to Middle Earth”, two distinct varieties but both of the same perennial species. Inky ether seeps back in through the second half of the album with a peak of frenzied tumbling toms and incongruous textures hovering above in the Manos Tsangaris’ collaboration “Crying Tafel” and his re-imagining of Tullio De Piscopo’s unhinged drum excursion “Fastness”. The closing exemplifies the edit/remix/original ethos proposed for this work with Lions Drums drawing from tapes and original material of electronic pioneers Suzanne Ciani and Roberto Musci. Drawing from unreleased music and song sketches by the original artists as well as field recordings from travels & studio sessions made by Roberto Musci & Manos Tsangaris in the 80's and early 90’s he constructs a side winding journey through playful textures and ethereal moods.

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Lion's Drums - La Batterie

D2  Suzanne Ciani - Paris 1971 (Lion S Drums With Roberto Musci Lost Tapes Remix)

D1  Tullio De Piscopo - Fastness (Lion S Drums Edit)

C2  Manos Tsangaris   Lion S Drums - Crying Tafel (Original Mix)

C1  Roberto Musci   Lion S Drums - Alap On Benares (Original Mix)

B2  Freddy Spins - Journey To Middle Earth (Lion S Drums Edit)

B1  BÅdi Und Gumbls - Tanz Der Korperlinge (Lion S Drums Edit)

A2  Vasilisk  - Awakening (Lion S Drums Edit)

A1  Roberto Musci - Kami Shintai (Lion S Drums Edit)

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