On August 5, 2022, “Valley Entertainment” label released “In the Groove”, the fifth Planet Drum album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Studio X” in Sebastopol, California, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain.

Personnel:

• Mickey Hart – beats, bass beams (monochord), RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), the beast, piccolo drums, V-drums, MalletKAT, gamelan, glass bowls, thumb piano, conch, metal, arrangements, mixing
• Zakir Hussain – vocals, tabla, shakers, madal, dholak, balafon, arrangements, mixing
• Sikiru Adepoju – apala
• Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, congas, bahia, timbales
• Isaac Eady – drum set
• Mañengue Hidalgo – congas
• Melissa Hie – vocals, balafon, doum, djembe, metal, shekere, claps
• Ophelia Hie – vocals, balafon, metal, shekere, claps
• Edgardo “Kako” Maldanado – guiro
• Baba Olatunje – vocals
• Noel Rosado – bells
• Jatinder Singh – Rajasthani folk vocals
• India sessions – bass drum, duff, bottles and hi percussion, buckets, Pune dhol, vocal shouts, tabla, tasha, trash percussion, dimdi, ghumka, halgi, sambhal, sleigh bell, zanj, chondka, Nashik dhol, chenda, dholak, metal percussion, big ghungru, chimpta, dhol, matka, padhant, UduPune dhol, udu
• Tom Lattanand – arrangements, recording, mixing
• Adam Tenenbaum – arrangements
• Michal Menert, Cherron Arens, Jerome Forney, Jonathan Koh, Bill Wolter, Jason Reed – recording
• Michael Romanowski – mastering
• Tim Bremner – artwork
• Reya Hart – associate producer

 Track listing:

1. King Clave
2. Storm Drum
3. Tides
4. Drops
5. Phil Da Glass
6. Gadago Gadago