Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead's percussionist, brought his fascination with world music into the mainstream of rock music. This 1989 collaboration with Brazilian musicians Airto Moreira and Flora Purim is a meeting of cultures and musical traditions. Moreira, one of the most innovative percussionists in jazz history, and his wife Flora Purim, a vocalist of remarkable range and expressivity, bring the warmth and complexity of Brazilian music into dialogue with Hart's experimental background. The album dances between Afro-Cuban rhythms, contemporary jazz sensibility, and world percussion textures. Däfos feels exploratory and alive, with real chemistry between the musicians. A fascinating artifact of late-80s world music exploration.