Tracks
- Dry Sands Of The Desert (Douglas/El-Din/Hart/Khan)
- Ice Of The North (Diamond/Hart)
- Reunion I/Reunion II/Reunion III (Hart/Moreira/Purim/Vega)
- Sauda鈬o Popular (Batucaje/Hart/Lorenzo/Moreira/Purim)
- Psychopomp (Hart)
- Subterranean Caves Of Kronos (Hart)
- The Gates Of D臟os (Hart)
- Passage (Hart/Lorenzo/Moreira/Purim)
Musicians
The musicians on each track are as follows.
Dry Sands Of The Desert;
- Steve Douglas - woodwind
- Mickey Hart - tars
- Shabda Khan - tars
- Daniel Kennedy - tars
- Mica Katz - tars
- Khadija Mastah - tars
- Ray Patch - tars
- Habib Bishop - tars
- Brian Crittenden - tars
Ice Of The North;
- Mickey Hart - saron
- Jody Diamond - saron
Reunion I/Reunion II/Reunion III;
- Flora Purim - vocals
- Bobby Vega - electric bass
- Airto Moreira - percussion
- Mickey Hart - percussion
Sauda鈬o Popular;
- Marcos Antonio Dias - vocals
- Flora Purim - vocals
- Mickey Hart - berimbau, backup vocals
- Batucaje - berimbau, backup vocals
- Airto Moreira - percussion
Psychopomp;
- Mickey Hart - beam, rain stick
Subterranean Caves Of Kronos;
- Mickey Hart - tubular bells
The Gates Of D臟os;
Passage;
- Mickey Hart - percussion, vocals
- Airto Moreira - percussion, vocals
- Flora Purim - percussion, vocals
- Jose Lorenzo - percussion, vocals
- Batucaje - percussion, vocals
The members of Batucaje are;
- Jose Lorenzo (Director)
- Babatunde
- Mario Abruzzo
- Carlos Gomez
- Jorge Perez
- Renee Macay
- Henry Flood
- Marcos Antonio Dios
Credits
- Producer - Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira
- Recording engineer - Keith O. Johnson
- Remix engineer (Psychopomp and Reunion) - Tom Flye
- Technical Assistance - Bob Hodas, Jeff Sterling
- Executive Producer - J. Tamblyn Henderson, Marcia Martin
- Cover photography - John Werner, Tony Plewik
- Dafos logo - Alton Kelly
- Package design - J.E. Tully
- Crew - Ram Rod, Luvell, Dan Dundas, Billy Grillo
- Series ethnomusicology consultant - Fredric Lieberman
- Special thanks to Bill Graham, Kevin Chisholm, Marty McGee, Hamza El-Din, David Stern, Gordon Danielson, Ray Burnham, Jr.
- Recorded on October 24, 1982 and March 21, 1983 at the Japan Center Theatre, San Francisco with the exception of Psychopomp which was performed and recorded on September 25, 1984 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Reissues
Reissued in 1989 by Rykodisc as part of their 'The World' series.
Related releases
Dry Sands Of The Desert is included on the sampler CD;
Dry Sands Of The Desert is included on the sampler CD;