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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.
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1957 | Les Baxter | Skins |
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1959 | Enoch Light | Provocative Percussion |
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1961-03 | Don Ralke | The Savage and the Sensuous Bongos |
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| 75 | 1979 | Cults Percussion Ensemble | Cults Percussion Ensemble |
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| 87 |
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1982 | The Beat | La Fiesta Mondiale De Percussion |
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| 93 |
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1983 | midori takada | Through the Looking Glass |
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| 74 |
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1983-05 | The Creatures | A Bestiary Of...The Creatures |
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1984 | Test Dept. | Beating The Retreat |
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| 7 | 1985-10-11 | Roy Ayers | You Might Be Surprised |
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| 24 | 1986 | Test Dept. | The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom |
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| 50 | 1987-09-15 | Steve Reich | Drumming |
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1988 | Test Dept. | Terra Firma |
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| 68 | 1988 | Babatunde Olatunji | Drums of Passion: The Invocation |
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1989 | Crash Worship | What So Ever Thy Hand Findeth - Do It With All Thine Might |
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| 48 |
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1989 | Jerry Gonzalez | Y los Piratas del Flamenco |
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| 82 |
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1989 | Mongo Santamaria | Afro Roots |
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| 57 |
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1990 | Evelyn Glennie | Rhythm Song |
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| 69 | 1990 | 鼓童 | Irodori |
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| 55 | 1991 | Glen Velez | Ramana |
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1992 | Test Dept. | Atonal & Hamburg "Live" |
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| 98 |
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1994-08-23 | Rusted Root | When I Woke |
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| 32 |
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1995 | David Bellugi | Landscapes |
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| 44 |
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1995 | Madjid Khaladj | Iranian Percussions | ||
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1995 | Niagara | S.U.B. |
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1995-03-27 | Scott Fitzgerald | Thunderdrums |
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| 25 |
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1996 | Evelyn Glennie | Drumming |
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| 66 | 1998-09-01 | Djeli Moussa Diawara | Flamenkora |
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1999 | Poncho Sanchez | Latin Soul |
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| 85 | 1999 | Omar Faruk Tekbilek | One Truth | |||
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1999 | MC Sultan | BarFly - Volume 1 |
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1999-04 | Guem | Royal Dance |
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1999-12-07 | Blue Man Group | Audio |
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| 11 | 2000 | Maria Schneider Orchestra | Allégresse | |||
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2000 | Zakir Hussain | Music Of The Deserts |
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| 33 | 2000-03-07 | Evelyn Glennie | Shadow Behind the Iron Sun |
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2000-06-16 | Merzbow | Hiranya - LP |
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| 60 | 2000-09-12 | Tabla Beat Science | Tala Matrix | |||
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2001 | Duke Ellington | A Drum Is a Woman |
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| 56 |
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2001-06-26 | Safri Duo | Episode 2 |
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2001-07-31 | Taraf de Haïdouks | Band Of Gypsies |
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| 29 | 2001-10 | Les Tambours Du Bronx | Live | |||
| 59 | 2002 | Tito Puente | King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente |
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2002 | Various Artists | 1, 2, 3 Soleils [Live] |
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| 81 | 2003-05-16 | Solace | Ahsas |
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| 40 | 2003-09-29 | Safri Duo | 3.0 |
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2004 | Drum Ecstasy | drums only |
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| 76 | 2004 | Brent Lewis | DrumSex |
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2004-09-17 | Sufjan Stevens | Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lake State (Deluxe Version) |
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| 43 |
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2005 | Ruben van Rompaey | Eastern Expressions |
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| 89 |
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2005 | Naná Vasconcelos | Chegada |
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| 19 | 2005-09-25 | Anoushka Shankar | Rise |
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2006 | The McDades | Bloom | ||
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2006 | Naná Vasconcelos | Trilhas (Trails) |
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| 63 | 2006-01-23 | Pete Namlook & Gaudi | Re:sonate |
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| 67 |
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2006-07 | Incredible Bongo Band | Apache |
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2006-08-21 | The Bongolian | Blueprint |
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| 15 | 2007 | Thomas Belhom | Cheval Oblique |
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2008 | Jami Sieber | Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14 |
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| 90 | 2008 | Blue Man Group | How To Be A Megastar Live |
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2008-06-11 | Kara Nomadica | Kara Nomadica |
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| 23 | 2008-08-04 | NEIZAN | Beijing 2008 |
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| 72 |
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2008-10-27 | Powerplant | Electric Counterpoint |
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| 52 |
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2009 | Ustad Zakir Hussain | Essence Of Rhythm |
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| 88 | 2009 | Марлины | В собственном соку | |||
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2010-04-02 | Jónsi | Go | ||
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2010-07-09 | Ted Kirkpatrick | IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTERS |
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| 71 |
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2011-07-24 | Go Hiyama | Monad VII |
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| 53 | 2012 | Vasilisk | Tribal Zone |
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| 78 | 2012-11-09 | Ninos Du Brasil | Muito N.D.B. |
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2013-03-04 | Kodo | Kodo Vs. Yosuke Yamashita In Live |
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| 86 | 2014-04-21 | Ninos Du Brasil | Novos Mistérios |
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2014-07-28 | HHY & The Macumbas | Throat Permission Cut |
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| 79 |
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2014-08-23 | Johannes Linstead | Midnight Rhumba |
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| 80 |
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2015 | Марлины | К истокам | ||
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2015 | Magnetic Ensemble | Dancing Alone - EP |
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| 83 | 2016-03-28 | Guem et Zaka | Best Of Percussion |
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2016-12-02 | Jamire Williams | ///// EFFECTUAL |
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2017 | Baast | Bazaar |
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2019-10-04 | Lucie Antunes | Sergeï |
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2019-12-26 | Ulrich Schnauss | Vapor Trails: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 14 |
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2020 | Valentina Magaletti | A Queer Anthology of Drums |
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2020-07-03 | Contours | Balafon Sketches |
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2021-03-12 | Pino Palladino | Notes With Attachments | ||
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2021-06-10 | Natik Awayez | Manbarani |
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2022-06-24 | Disasterpeace | Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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2022-08-05 | Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain | Global Drum Project |
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2022-10-11 | MAMAMOO | MIC ON | ||
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2022-10-14 | Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz | Wesseltoft Schwarz Duo |
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2022-11-18 | Patricia Brennan | More Touch |
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| 20 | menschen-und-musik | Live Recordings 2008 |
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| 28 | James 'PJ' Spraggins | Pure Logic |
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| 39 | The Kamkars | Kani Sepi | ||||
| 64 | The Kamkars | Chant Of Drums | ||||
| 5 | 灰野敬二 | Tenshi No Gijnka |
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| 9 | Ye Lassina Coulybaly | Djembe Burkina |
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| 10 | Jonatan Szer | Afro Percussion |
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| 26 | Chad Nantais | Zero Ground |
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| 30 | LABoratoire DuBios | Chef Perdu |
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| 49 | SambaYaBamba | Mad Bongos 'n' That |
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| 54 | Bünyamin Olguncan | Darbuka Soloları |
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