Ed Pias – Ancestor's Halo CD
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Ed Pias – Ancestor's Halo CD
When David Hykes, Founder and Master of Harmonic Chant, heard “Ancestor’s Halo” he immediately asked Ed Pias to accompany him on tour playing frame drums and pakhawaj. Ed Pias, one of Seattle’s finest drummer/percussionists and previously in Land(XCD-032) with Jeff Greinke, was of course delighted to accompany Hykes.
“Ancestor’s Halo” is a solo exploration of percussion and drone, combining such instruments as frame drums, tar, riq, kanjira, tambourines, cymbals, Burmese gong, pakhawaj, tabla, drum set, voice, ankle rattles, shakers, jaw harps and ocarina. It is an album that acknowledges the rightful heritage of the instruments and the cultural awareness that can arise from the creation of music.
“I believe when we study and use music from different cultures as a vehicle for our own self expression, we benefit from exploring the whole of those forms and cultures, not just borrowing what attracts us without compassion,” states Ed Pias.
Ed Pias earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in percussion/ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, but first gained acknowledgment as a student at the California Institute of the Arts where his teachers included pakhawaj master Taranath Rao, frame drummer John Bergamo, and jazz bassist Charlie Haden.