| Kodo | Primary Artist, Percussion, Cymbals, Gong, Vocals, Background Vocals, Whistle (Instrument), Hand Clapping, Agogo, Hirado-o-daiko, Okedo-daiko, Uchiwa-daiko, shamisen, Wood Block, taiko, Shinobue, Rattles, Daiko Drum, Clappers, Shime Taiko, Hyoshigi, Jangara |
| Charlie Musselwhite | Harmonica |
| Linda Tillery | Voices |
| Mickey Hart | Percussion, Drums, Gong, Bells, Hand Clapping, Pan Flute/Pan Pipes, Agogo, Jegog, talking drum, Water Gong, Breathing |
| Giovanni Hidalgo | Conga, Hand Clapping, Agogo, Cajon, Shaker |
| Airto Moreira | Percussion, Drums, Voices, Berimbau, Hand Clapping, Caxixi, Agogo |
| Joey Blake | Voices |
| Bobi Céspedes | Voices |
| Greg Ellis | Hammered Dulcimer, Udu |
| The Gyuto Tantric Choir | Bells, Chant, Ngoma, Damaru Human Skull Drums, Rolmo |
| Zakir Hussain | Tabla, Duggis, Taragat |
| Nengue Hernandez | Voices |
| Michael Hinton | Gong, Bells, Claves, Shaker |
| Arto Tuncboyaciyan | Vocals |
| Vikku Vinayakram | Ghatam |
| Ryutaro Kaneko | taiko |
| Yokoi Fujimoto | Vocals |
| Azam Ali | Voices |
| Rhonda Benin | Voices |
| Mickey Hart | Sound Effects, Producer, Liner Notes, beats |
| Airto Moreira | Sound Effects |
| Tom Flye | Engineer, Mastering |
| Arto Tuncboyaciyan | Sound Effects, Contributor |
| Elichi Saito | Contributor |
| Takeshi Arai | Contributor |
| Ryutaro Kaneko | Music Direction |
| Tetsuro Naito | Contributor |
| Akira Nanjo | Contributor |
| Motofumi Yamaguchi | Contributor |
| Kaoru Watanabe | Contributor |
| Yoshikazu Fujimoto | Contributor |
| Hideyukii Saito | Contributor |
| Tsubasa Hori | Contributor |
| Kazuki Imagai | Contributor |
Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Jesse Jarnow
Produced by world music scholar and former Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, Mondo Head documents a series of performances by Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo. Recorded in California and Japan across the spring and summer of 2001, the album features an airy reproduction of Kodo's massive sound. Though taiko music is comprised predominantly of percussion instruments, Kodo's sound is filled with the organic sounds of flutes, bells, and human voices. The result is a lushly dense melodic tangle that works in and around the meticulously marked beats, inseparable from the rhythm in places. The music is disciplined and energetic though, at times, seems far removed from the ...