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percussion

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Description

Percussion encompasses music where drums, shakers, bells, and other struck or shaken instruments take center stage, creating rhythmic foundations that span from primal tribal beats to electronic soundscapes. This tag crosses all cultural boundaries, appearing in Afro-Cuban jazz, experimental electronic music, theatrical performances, and pop productions where rhythm drives the emotional impact. The focus is on texture, groove, and the physical sensation of beat-driven sound rather than melody or harmony.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
70		1957	Les Baxter	Skins	percussion
45		1959	Enoch Light	Provocative Percussion	lounge percussion
84		1961-03	Don Ralke	The Savage and the Sensuous Bongos	exotica percussion	exotica # 60
75		1979	Cults Percussion Ensemble	Cults Percussion Ensemble	percussion
87		1982	The Beat	La Fiesta Mondiale De Percussion	latin percussion
93		1983	midori takada	Through the Looking Glass	ambient electronic japanese percussion
74		1983-05	The Creatures	A Bestiary Of...The Creatures	goth rock percussion	goth rock # 16
51		1984	Test Dept.	Beating The Retreat	industrial
7		1985-10-11	Roy Ayers	You Might Be Surprised	jazz percussion rnb
24		1986	Test Dept.	The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom	industrial
50		1987-09-15	Steve Reich	Drumming	minimalism	minimalism # 51
21		1988	Test Dept.	Terra Firma	industrial tribal industrial	tribal industrial # 77
68		1988	Babatunde Olatunji	Drums of Passion: The Invocation	africa african nigeria percussion	nigeria # 77
34		1989	Crash Worship	What So Ever Thy Hand Findeth - Do It With All Thine Might	industrial percussion tribal tribal industrial	tribal industrial # 46
48		1989	Jerry Gonzalez	Y los Piratas del Flamenco	cuban flamenco jazz jazz trumpet percussion	cuban # 4 jazz trumpet # 58
82		1989	Mongo Santamaria	Afro Roots	latin jazz percussion	afro-cuban # 70
57		1990	Evelyn Glennie	Rhythm Song	percussion
69		1990	鼓童	Irodori	asian ethnic instrumental j-pop japan japanese percussion world
55		1991	Glen Velez	Ramana	dance percussion
17		1992	Test Dept.	Atonal & Hamburg "Live"	industrial percussion
98		1994-08-23	Rusted Root	When I Woke	alternative dance
32		1995	David Bellugi	Landscapes	instrumental minimalism percussion recorder	recorder # 93
44		1995	Madjid Khaladj	Iranian Percussions	farsi iran iranian percussion persian sufi traditional	iranian # 3 iran # 15 farsi # 29 sufi # 32
36		1995	Niagara	S.U.B.	fusion percussion
8		1995-03-27	Scott Fitzgerald	Thunderdrums	ambience percussion	ambience # 58
25		1996	Evelyn Glennie	Drumming	percussion
66		1998-09-01	Djeli Moussa Diawara	Flamenkora	flamenco fusion percussion world
13		1999	Poncho Sanchez	Latin Soul	salsa	mambo # 52
85		1999	Omar Faruk Tekbilek	One Truth	turkish world	turkish # 53 turkey # 92
46		1999	MC Sultan	BarFly - Volume 1	percussion
47		1999-04	Guem	Royal Dance	percussion
97		1999-12-07	Blue Man Group	Audio	instrumental
11		2000	Maria Schneider Orchestra	Allégresse	acoustic bass instrumental jazz keyboard new york orchestra percussion trombone	trombone # 62 keyboard # 83
94		2000	Zakir Hussain	Music Of The Deserts	india indian classical tabla	indian # 84 india # 97 tabla # 99 indian classical # 100
33		2000-03-07	Evelyn Glennie	Shadow Behind the Iron Sun	electronic percussion
6		2000-06-16	Merzbow	Hiranya - LP	electronic japanoise noise percussion soundscape	japanoise # 59
60		2000-09-12	Tabla Beat Science	Tala Matrix	tabla	indian # 4 india # 86 tabla # 100
18		2001	Duke Ellington	A Drum Is a Woman	ambient easy listening jazz percussion
56		2001-06-26	Safri Duo	Episode 2	trance
16		2001-07-31	Taraf de Haïdouks	Band Of Gypsies	gypsy	gypsy # 85
29		2001-10	Les Tambours Du Bronx	Live	experimental electronic percussion	experimental electronic # 5
59		2002	Tito Puente	King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente	latin jazz salsa mambo percussion	mambo # 57
91		2002	Various Artists	1, 2, 3 Soleils [Live]		arabic # 34
81		2003-05-16	Solace	Ahsas	arabic percussion
40		2003-09-29	Safri Duo	3.0	dance
35		2004	Drum Ecstasy	drums only	acoustic dance percussion
76		2004	Brent Lewis	DrumSex	percussion
92		2004-09-17	Sufjan Stevens	Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lake State (Deluxe Version)		poetry # 66 michigan # 77 strings # 77 brass # 87
43		2005	Ruben van Rompaey	Eastern Expressions	ethnic percussion world
89		2005	Naná Vasconcelos	Chegada	percussion
19		2005-09-25	Anoushka Shankar	Rise	sitar	sitar # 100
73		2006	The McDades	Bloom	celtic folk jam band jazz fusion percussion roots world fiddle world fusion	jam band # 15 roots # 28 fiddle # 62
4		2006	Naná Vasconcelos	Trilhas (Trails)	brazilian percussion
63		2006-01-23	Pete Namlook & Gaudi	Re:sonate	acoustic ambient dub dub percussion piano synthesizer tabla	ambient dub # 42 synthesizer # 61 tabla # 84
67		2006-07	Incredible Bongo Band	Apache	percussion
65		2006-08-21	The Bongolian	Blueprint	funk latin percussion
15		2007	Thomas Belhom	Cheval Oblique	acoustic ambient japanese jazz percussion
41		2008	Jami Sieber	Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14		synthesizer # 46 drum # 61
90		2008	Blue Man Group	How To Be A Megastar Live	electronic percussion
22		2008-06-11	Kara Nomadica	Kara Nomadica	drum and bass oud percussion	oud # 50
23		2008-08-04	NEIZAN	Beijing 2008	acoustic alternative ambient chamber darkwave downbeat downtempo drone drum electroacoustic english espanol ethnic ethno flamenco freestyle funk fusion grindcore grunge hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jazzcore latin metal metalcore musical noise percussion psytrance roots soul soundtrack spain spanish spiritual synthesizer traditional trance tribal world	downbeat # 2 ethno # 25 espanol # 33 synthesizer # 34 jazzcore # 43 drum # 45 chamber # 82
72		2008-10-27	Powerplant	Electric Counterpoint	contemporary classical electro percussion
52		2009	Ustad Zakir Hussain	Essence Of Rhythm	india percussion tabla	tabla # 80
88		2009	Марлины	В собственном соку	acoustic percussion ragga reggae russia soul	ragga # 45 russia # 62
31		2010-04-02	Jónsi	Go	post-rock	icelandic # 40 post-rock # 81
27		2010-07-09	Ted Kirkpatrick	IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTERS	beethoven classical instrumental percussion	beethoven # 26
71		2011-07-24	Go Hiyama	Monad VII	percussion
53		2012	Vasilisk	Tribal Zone	percussion tribal
78		2012-11-09	Ninos Du Brasil	Muito N.D.B.	percussion tribal
3		2013-03-04	Kodo	Kodo Vs. Yosuke Yamashita In Live	japanese percussion
86		2014-04-21	Ninos Du Brasil	Novos Mistérios	percussion techno tribal	tribal # 21
1		2014-07-28	HHY & The Macumbas	Throat Permission Cut	dub dub techno percussion tribal
79		2014-08-23	Johannes Linstead	Midnight Rhumba	afro-cuban flamenco percussion rumba	afro-cuban # 84 rumba # 86
80		2015	Марлины	К истокам	acoustic bass percussion ragga reggae russia russian soul	ragga # 33 russia # 48
38		2015	Magnetic Ensemble	Dancing Alone - EP	electro electronic france jazz fusion paris percussion
83		2016-03-28	Guem et Zaka	Best Of Percussion	instrumental percussion
12		2016-12-02	Jamire Williams	///// EFFECTUAL	instrumental jazz percussion
37		2017	Baast	Bazaar	electronic funk fusion jazz jazz percussion soul world	fusion jazz # 61
58		2019-10-04	Lucie Antunes	Sergeï	france paris percussion
61		2019-12-26	Ulrich Schnauss	Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14		synthesizer # 58 drum # 72
95		2020	Valentina Magaletti	A Queer Anthology of Drums	percussion
2		2020-07-03	Contours	Balafon Sketches	ambient contemporary classical contemporary jazz electronic jazz minimalism percussion
96		2021-03-12	Pino Palladino	Notes With Attachments	bass clarinet funk horn instrumental neo-soul percussion	bass # 68 horn # 100 clarinet # 100
14		2021-06-10	Natik Awayez	Manbarani	alternative folk percussion
99		2022-06-24	Disasterpeace	Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	animals instrumental percussion	animals # 95
77		2022-08-05	Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain	Global Drum Project	percussion
100		2022-10-11	MAMAMOO	MIC ON	hip-hop jazz nu-disco percussion reggaeton	jazz # 66 reggaeton # 90 nu-disco # 98
62		2022-10-14	Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz	Wesseltoft Schwarz Duo	electronic jazz percussion piano
42		2022-11-18	Patricia Brennan	More Touch	percussion
20			menschen-und-musik	Live Recordings 2008	fusion percussion piano tabla	tabla # 70
28			James 'PJ' Spraggins	Pure Logic	drum jazz percussion	drum # 49
39			The Kamkars	Kani Sepi	folk iranian kurdish kurdistan percussion persian traditional	kurdish # 80 kurdistan # 89
64			The Kamkars	Chant Of Drums	chant folk iranian kurdish kurdistan percussion persian traditional	persian # 12 traditional # 21 iranian # 42 chant # 82 kurdish # 86 kurdistan # 92
5			灰野敬二	Tenshi No Gijnka	japanese percussion
9			Ye Lassina Coulybaly	Djembe Burkina	africa percussion
10			Jonatan Szer	Afro Percussion	ambient percussion
26			Chad Nantais	Zero Ground	classical electronica fusion jazz percussion soul
30			LABoratoire DuBios	Chef Perdu	afrobeat percussion
49			SambaYaBamba	Mad Bongos 'n' That	percussion
54			Bünyamin Olguncan	Darbuka Soloları	instrumental percussion

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