James Asher, Arthur Hull - Drum Distillery (2018) [Official Digital Download]

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James Asher, Arthur Hull - Drum Distillery (2018) [Official Digital Download]

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James Asher & Arthur Hull - Drum Distillery (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 63:39 minutes | 718 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Drum Distillery by James Asher:
Fifteen years ago I developed a fascination with the idea of drumcircles, and set about finding out what I could about their movement. I gathered from initial enquiries this that one of its founder figures was Arthur Hull. This coincided with going to see a demonstration of new Remo drum products in London. It was presented by a curious fellow with a hat, whose ebullient, elf-like and charismatic quality captivated me immediately. This turned out to be Arthur Hull. It was amazing to me learning the broad range and scope of how far drumcircles extend and what a powerful tool for community they are. Arthur’s brilliant playful and engaging way of teaching drumcircle facilitation is unique and compelling. We struck up a friendship, and began exploring ideas in my studio and recording them. Every year in his global touring schedule we would meet for a week or so and explore further journeys into rhythmical alchemy. After three years we had an album, Sounding the Stones, originally released by Dutch label Oreade. From there our adventures rolled on and we explored rhythmic ideas and ambient scenarios, but all with with a light-hearted and playful innocence. Before our get-together in 2017 we had made contact with Adelle Brownlee Brewer from the Nia Technique, who had already discovered that some of our music suited her dance routines well. So during the time we met, Arthur and I were speaking to her about what we were creating, enjoying her friendship and being inspired by her bubbly enthusiasm. It has been a privilege and pleasure to enjoy so many great years of fun, friendship and co-creativity with Arthur, and I am grateful to Adelle for helping to make it an extra special year and album of music.