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Al

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About Me

...LONDON/APRIL 2008...I specialise in all types of GLOBAL PERCUSSION...DJEMBE, CONGAS,BONGOS,AFRICAN TALKING DRUMS,TABLA AND A VARIETY OF HAND HELD PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS.My favourite people to listen to are the amazing Djembe player LEON MOBLEY from Ben Harper's band, SUDHA from Faithless,PATRICK DAWES from Groove Armada,ALEX ACUNA from Peru,LUIS CONTE,MINO CINELU,MANU KATCHE,JOHN BONHAM and all the wonderful Percussionists and Drummers around the world from London to Prague,Senegal to Rio...... SESSIONS,LIVE DATES AND LIVE PERCUSSION/ DJ DANCE NIGHTS:ALL ENQUIRIES/LIVE/STUDIO BOOKINGS,ETC. TO:[email protected] www.myspace.com/aldrennanearthsmileI would be delighted to hear from anyone involved in music,percussion,dance/dj grooves,film,multi-media projects and anywhere where the world of rhythmn is applicable!.Love and good vibes,Al.

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My Interests

All Music,World Fusion Food and Restaurants,especially Italian,Japanese and South East Asian (Nobu,River Cafe,Jamie,Peter Gordon and his work at the old Sugar Club in All Saints Road,Bill Granger in Sydney),people,film,Surfing,Books,travel and our planet...

I'd like to meet:

Any warm hearted people interested in all things 'World',especially different and interesting music from around the planet.Also,anyone interested in,and concerned by Global Warming,climate and invironmental change,World Health,Poverty and Human Rights. These are the real issues of our time.

Music:

Any indigenous music that's percussion based,especially from India,North Africa,Middle East,Ireland,and South America...Then...Groove Armada,Foo Fighters,Bjork,Anoushka Shankar,Faithless,Zoe Johnston,Sudha,Tribe called quest,Sly+Robbie,Jaco Pastorious,Led Zep,Peter Gabriel,The Police,Talvin Singh,Nitin Sawhney,Trans Global Undreground,Gorillaz,Thievery Corporation,Miles Davis,Ben Watt,Richard Ashcroft,Sting,Fragile State,Chemical Brothers,Jack Johnson,Zach Gill,ALO,Ben Harper and all music from Brazil;Bebel Gilberto,Airto,Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim for being full of music,passion and humanity.

Movies:

Anything from Luc Besson,especially 'Big Blue','Atlantis'and anything that provokes an emotion...Not much of a fan of violence,there is enough of that in our world.Oh,and that beautiful film from New Zealand 'Whalerider'.

Television:

'The Blue Planet',any documentaries,food shows and anything that makes me laugh,especially when it's rude!The Discovery Channel and the sadly missed Steve Irwin(God bless you mate!)

Books:

'The God of Small Things'and'The Algebra of infinite justice'by Arundhati Roy','The Kite Runner'by Khaled Hosseini,'Paula'by Isabelle Ijende,James Joyce,especially the beautiful'Dubliners','The Prophet'by Khalid Gibran,Paulo Colheo and Anais Nin.

Heroes:

Medicin Sans Frontiers,UNICEF,Peter Gabriel,Oxfam,Arundhati Roy,Nelson Mandela,Frida Kalo...And on a more fun level,Kelly Slater,Andy Irons,David Rastovich,Jack Macoy and Jack Johnson for reminding me how wonderful the ocean is...

My Blog

Al Drennan/Global Percussionist/London

...Al is currently involved in band,session,film and music production in London using diverse Global Percussion... www.myspace.com/aldrennanearthsmile...
Posted by Al on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:53:00 PST