by Backroads Music/HeartbeatsThis extremely popular and evocative album displays two very different percussion styles."African Journey" and"Dancing Tribe" leap along to the percolating rhythms of African music, while"Arabic Journey"'s swaying Middle Eastern textures -- doumbecs and finger cymbals, filled out by a subtle synthesizer melody -- build slowly and hypnotically to the dynamic climax. While this German artist plays in many styles, this drumming release has a special magic to it.