Contact - Greg Fox (2020)

Drummer Greg Fox works in all sorts of contexts, from avant garde improv to the wiggier fringes of modern metal. What they all have in common is his relentless sense of a good rhythm and his ability to build and expand on it.

This album is conceived from his experience with Buddhist Vipassana meditation (the proceeds go to help fund a meditation center, I’d read), which is also the type of meditation I’m most familiar with. That was my initial connection, but I quickly grew to like the shifting but steady grooves here, along with the long solo drum sections.

Outside of the song titles, it probably won’t teach you anything about a Buddhist worldview, but it is a great listen.