Exploring rhythm, song and dance from around the world, the soundtrack to Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey is a vibrant, global journey.

Pulse Performers

American Indian Dance Theatre
Red Rock Canyon, United States
Native American history and traditions are passed from generation to generation through music and dance. This group presents both traditional and modern dances from various tribes in North America.

Carlinhos Brown, Timbalada & Os Zárabe
Salvador, Brazil
Named after the Timbal, a Brazilian hand drum, these drummers enjoy strong community relationships, working often with youth and writing anthems for cultural events like Carnival.

The Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps & The Jackie Robinson Steppers
Brooklyn Bridge, United States
The Jersey Surf is a competitive music education and leadership development organization, which participates in the Drum Corps International tour every summer. The Steppers are a non-traditional marching band that provides inner-city youth with an enriching educational and artistic experience.

Shafaatullah Khan
Calcutta, India
Khan, a unique artist from India and a descendant of a renowned family of musicians, has played the sitar, surbahar, and tabla in the most prestigious concert halls and music festivals of the world.

Les Percussions de Guinée
Guinea, West Africa
These master drummers are the most distinguished soloists in Guinea. Their goal is to unite the people of the world through the traditions of Africa and the djembe drum’s powerful rhythms.

Moremogolo Tswana Traditional Dancers
Zeerust, South Africa
These dancers wear beads on their ankles to make music through different patterns with their feet. Their music and dance are a celebration, often commemorating the season’s harvest.

Pallavur Sreedharan: Panchavadyam & Peruvanam Kuttan Marar: Mellam
Kerala, India
This religious parade features the horns, cymbals and Chenda drums of the Panchavadyam and Mellam orchestras. This procession with sacred music and decorated elephants celebrates Hindu deities.

Qwii Music Arts’ Trust Khoi San Music
Botswana, Africa
These “Bushmen” of the Kalahari Desert and their music evolve from 25,000 years of indigenous culture. They believe their music has the supernatural potential to heal the community through rhythm.

STOMP
Europe & USA
STOMP utilizes everyday objects such as trash cans, brooms and lighters to make music and rhythm. Their inspiration comes from the people heard on this CD.

Eva Yerbabuena
Granada, Spain
Flamenco music originated in Andalucia in southern Spain and is an eclectic mix of surrounding cultures. Eva Yerbabuena leads the new flamenco movement but also maintains its historic integrity.

The Remixers

Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland may still be best known to the public as the drummer for the British band, The Police, but he has also carved out a successful career composing music for films and TV shows. Since the Police’s 1983 break-up, Copeland has scored such diverse projects as Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish, Oliver Stone’s Wall Street and Talk Radio and the Television series, “The Equalizer”. Copeland is considered one of the most influential drummers in contemporary music.

Karsh Kale
Karsh Kale (pronounced Kursh Kah-lay) has firmly established himself as the leading American figure in the growing Asian Massive movement. His two Six Degrees releases, Realize and Redesign weave together strands of Indian ragas, trance, drum n’ bass and electronica to form a distinctive new sound. Kale is a masterful drummer and tabla player who has recorded and performed with Tabla Beat Science, Herbie Hancock, Gigi, DJ Spooky and many others.

Mr. Bill and Mr. Ben
Former street cleaners, Mr. Bill and Mr. Ben are new to the remixing business; Better known in their native Brighton for mixing drinks and wearing loud clothes, they plan to retire immediately.

Thanks to: Fraser Morrison, Kevin Stagg, Trevor Browning, Laura Wagner, Steve Jennings, Courtney Mann, Bill Hogan, Loretta Sacco, Linda Mann, Julia Walters, Brian Eimer, Grant McAlpine, Mark Wright, Julian Daboll, Sven Taits, David Wren, Karen Slavid, Colette Dahanne, Gerry Teague, John Downer, Laura Lovejoy, Felicity Cottrell, Ruth Sullivan, Larry Loewinger, Chris Anderson, Frank Moscowitz, Josh Telson, Matthew Valentine, Nicholas Hobbs, Peter Freshney, Paul Strudwick, Sean Willey, Mike Cooper, Daniel Munoz, Javier Lagardere, Manuel Gonzalez, Dereck Manzvelt, Ivan Leroy Milbarow, Simon Rankin, Nakul Kamte, Ghulam , Ed Novick, Doug Armstrong, John Hartman, Mike Gatzios, Bruno Fernandes, George Saldanha, Crico, Tom Gould, Jeff Pullman, David Tobias, Stuart Deutsch, Alison Lehrer, Michael Sammaciccia, Alicia Goldstein and Steve Cramer, Chip Terry, Micheal Flaherty, Peter Flaherty, Martin Sorger, Jean Kwon, Debbie Kovacs, Jacob Sohn and Catapult Thinking for the interactive activities

Special thanks to other performers featured in the film Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey: The Winchester Cathedral Bellringers, KODO, Bayeza Cultural Dancers, Tamango, Kwikstep, Rokafella, Miss Twist, Honey Rockwell and Future.

Album Producers: Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas
Executive Album Producer: Lindsay Fellows

“Candyall Beat” written by Carlinhos Brown and published by Prouduçôes Artisticas Ltda
“Candyall Beat" (Remix produced by Stewart Copeland with Emilio Kauderer & Jeff Seitz)
Composed by Carlinhos Brown , Stewart Copeland (BMI) Palmyra Music / EMI Music and Emilio Kauderer/ Aleseb Music BMI

Location recording and soundtrack mixes by Mike Roberts
Asian Samples courtesy of Spectrasonics “Heart of Asia”

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Mastered by Ken Lee at Kenneth Lee Mastering, Oakland CA.
Digital audio assembly by Bob Appel
Art Direction/design by Michael Snyder