The producer of the AATW Africa CD is Amon Drum, whose Hook Studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn, describes itself as, “Purveyors of fine sound from Brooklyn to Bamako and Beyond.” Amon is so utterly talented on so many fronts–as a producer, as an engineer, as a percussionist himself, and as an organizer of such impossible projects such as this–that to even try to provide the praise he deserves would be inadequate. Let’s just say that without Amon, kids in All Around This World’s African classes this winter would have to endure listening to thirty songs on a CD that I would have recorded into Sound Recorder on my laptop–no doubt mispronouncing and rhythmically misstepping all along the way.
Amon’s recent writing and production work with the Brooklyn-based international/African fusion collective, Analog Players Society, is a case in point; the tracks are nothing short of infectious . . . in a good way! Don’t believe me? Check out Analog Players Society’s most recent full release, “Hurricane Season in Brooklyn”:
Don’t believe yourself? Listen to this glowing review of “Hurricane Season in Brooklyn” by music critic Milo Miles on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” Then, read more about Amon in the Drum Magazine feature on him, “Amon: Fela meets The Skatalites in Brooklyn”.
