The Daktaris is a well-disciplined army of two hundred African Bull Elephants marching relentlessly up your business to the beat from Funky Drummer. With an arsenal ranging from barking baritone sax and clarinet, to eerily winding flute and melodica, the Daktaris\' nation of horns pumps out an encyclopedia of dark, enormous African melodies over an ocean of pounding funk syncopations, reminiscent of the great Fela Kuti. With a battery of skull-snapping polyrhythms that simultaneously keep the rythmically-intrigued rythmically intrigued and the dancefloor-oriented dancefloor oriented, the drums make a valiant attempt to beat their way off the record. As the bass lays down consistent foundation of down-home bottom food, an infantry of percussion turns the grooves hypnotic...