Where were you able to order this one from? I'd be interested to read your thoughts on the disc once you've had a chance to listen to it a few times.
I ordered it right from the label, and it arrived within a couple of weeks, right from Lebanon [the label's home].
This disc is insanely good. I have heard Zerang only in a couple of other situations, and certainly not in duo. His playing on this really brings to the fore his background [Assyrian-American]. There is some serious ancient Mesopotamian rhythms happening there, a different kind of ferocious swing. The second cut features Zerang on the darbuka hand drum. Superb all around.
Hearing Brotzmann duo with drummers in the Interstellar Space tradition gets more and more thrilling. There is quite a range of thoughts and dynamics that flourish when he plays with a percussionist only. That duo LP with Walter Perkins comes to mind.