Music:
Member Since: 8/27/2006
Band Website: drumusic.com
Band Members: Alaafia Ifalade (nee Gaidi), Osakwe Rikondja, Nathan Faulk, Anura Neysadurai, Frank Zweback, Robert Smalls
Influences: Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Osibisa, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, Victor Wooten, John and Alice Coltrane, Carlos Santana, Babatunde Olatunji, Baba Epega,Baba Ayubu Kamau, Theolonius Monk, Shree Sun Rays, Sun Ra Solar Arkestra, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, Billy Cobham, The Wild Tchoupitoulas and Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans, Big Bukka White, Alhaji Bai Konte, The Meters, Jules "tiny" Green, GateMouth Brown,Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Jon Lucien, James Brown, Kenny Abair, Alusine Sisay,Billie Holiday, Mor Thiam, Zak Diouf, Ron Carter, Dexter Gordon,Gene Ammons,Earth-Wind-and Fire,Prince,Brand New Heavies, Bill Summers, Ellis Marsalis, Papa Abubakr Sory-Kouyate,Anita Baker, Labelle,ParliamentFunkadelic,Mandrill,Alpha Blondy, Olodum, Angelique Kidjo, Killer Bees, Azteca, Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade, Etta James, Fats Domino,Willie Bobo, The Neville Brothers, The Temptations, Boukman Eksperyans, John Lee Hooker, and way too many others to name by name.
Sounds Like: Like something so very familiar and nothing you've ever heard before, all at once. D.R.U.M.'s Multi-influenced music can sound blues,rock,tribal,neo-soul, all before one cut ends. Smooth vocals, harmonies, and powerful rhythms are ever present in spiritually uplifting content. Solos that push the edge of the envelope - rhythm as thick as the foundation of a pyramid...driving hard to the hoop - diving in without splashing- funkier than a cane cutter's armpits-hard enough to cut titanium-hot enough to melt tungsten-cool enough to make the devil go home, saying he might catch a cold-sweet enough to make you need some insulin-smooth enough to put colicky babies to sleep - taking troubled minds and spirits to the light from the deep...
Record Label: drumusic
Type of Label: None
