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One: know of any good hypnotic drum music (with a variety of types of drums)
My only suggestion would be Robin "Adnan" Anders
Two: There's this one piece of music that beings with a kind of gentle whooshing, maybe
a little electronic in character, it builds in intensity, and then there are these sweeping
(words fail me) booms. I don't know if it's Vangelis or not but I do know that it was used
for the 3-2-1 contact segments when they were exploring Antarctica.
Not a clue. Loyal readers?
Three: do you know of a good catalogue of tribal patterns and their meanings?
Nope. Sorry.
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