Donald Holtermanns has been involved in percussion music for more than 20 years. For him it is not a matter of simply reproducing the music. His compositions are based on own ideas and notions that demonstrate a profound respect for the origins which create the power of these rhythms and cultures. The world of percussion instruments spans a wide range of sounds, and it is this scope that inspired Holtermanns to form a link between the different cultures. In the process he has provided his rhythmically underdeveloped homeland with a kind of 'musical development aid'.