''Big Drum Small World'' is the first

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from

Johnny Kalsi Johnny Kalsi is a British Indian ''dhol'' drum performer residing in London. He rose to prominence as a former member of Transglobal Underground and the founder of the Dhol Foundation. He also is a member of the Afro Celt Sound System and The Ima ...

and his students from the

Dhol Foundation The Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former Alaap member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kal ...

institute in

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. It was released in 2001 by Shakti Records and produced by Johnny Kalsi.

Track listing

*All songs written by Johnny Kalsi, except where noted. # "Eik Din" 3:48 # "Eik Din II" 2:59 # "Iridian" (Kalsi, James McNally) 6:29 # "Healing with Turmeric" (Kalsi, Sumeet Chopra) 6:08 # "Shin the Mechanic" (Kalsi, Chopra) 5:39 # "Poseidon" (Kalsi, Chopra) 5:12 # "Seven Heaven" 7:13 # "TDF meets DCS" (Kalsi, Chopra) 4:29 # "Tere Bina" (featuring

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) 4:18 # "Big Drum Small World" 5:49 # "Colours of

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" 6:00 # "Drummer's

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" 5:46

References

The Dhol Foundation albums 2001 debut albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub