Press for Early Waves
"With Early Waves, Chicago drummer and composer Peter Manheim emerges not just as a sideman with range, but as a sonic architect capable of designing entire musical ecosystems. ...deeply personal and vividly realized."
-Joey Willis, Glide Magazine
"Early Waves rides a wave of early '70s fusion… aerodynamic on the surface, with a lot of machinations at work underneath. Manheim puts the tricky and slippery in service of the deceptively easy groove." - Andy Beta, Substack
"Peter Manheim is the kind of percussionist who's more interested in texture than showing off. The tunes are supple, the hooks spry, and the whole enterprise a cohesive journey into a set of material that shines with flashes of African and South American influences..."
- A Pessimist is Never Disappointed
“Full of intoxicating, beautiful, luscious, instrumental music.. leaves you in a trance.”
-Eric Callero, Vinyl Rewind
Listed in NPR's Best New Albums (June 6)
Featured in COLORS Listen Page (June 8)
15 Questions Interview
Talkhouse Article on Modou "Mamadou" Sarr
"With Early Waves, Chicago drummer and composer Peter Manheim emerges not just as a sideman with range, but as a sonic architect capable of designing entire musical ecosystems. ...deeply personal and vividly realized."
-Joey Willis, Glide Magazine
"Early Waves rides a wave of early '70s fusion… aerodynamic on the surface, with a lot of machinations at work underneath. Manheim puts the tricky and slippery in service of the deceptively easy groove." - Andy Beta, Substack
"Peter Manheim is the kind of percussionist who's more interested in texture than showing off. The tunes are supple, the hooks spry, and the whole enterprise a cohesive journey into a set of material that shines with flashes of African and South American influences..."
- A Pessimist is Never Disappointed
“Full of intoxicating, beautiful, luscious, instrumental music.. leaves you in a trance.”
-Eric Callero, Vinyl Rewind
Listed in NPR's Best New Albums (June 6)
Featured in COLORS Listen Page (June 8)
15 Questions Interview
Talkhouse Article on Modou "Mamadou" Sarr