Hang Fire

\"Hang Fire\" is the seventh track from the collaborative album Drums on Fire by British percussionist James Asher and Indian percussionist Sivamani. The album released on 2002 under New Earth Records in an enhanced CD format, combining audio tracks with multimedia content.

The track spans 7 minutes and 11 seconds and exemplifies a fusion of Western and Carnatic rhythmic traditions. Asher contributes frame drums, handpans and electronic percussion, while Sivamani performs on the mridangam, kanjira, ghatam and conventional drum kit. The composition layers polyrhythmic patterns with ambient textures, emphasizing improvisational interplay between the two artists.

Drums on Fire marked a notable collaboration in the early 2000s global fusion scene, with \"Hang Fire\" often highlighted for its dynamic shifts between meditative and high-energy sections. The album’s enhanced CD format included visuals and artist interviews, though specific multimedia details for this track remain undocumented. No commercial singles or alternate versions of \"Hang Fire\" were released.

The recording sessions occurred in studios across the UK and Chennai, India, with production credits shared between Asher and Sivamani. The track’s title references both the hang (a steelpan instrument precursor to the handpan) and the improvisational \"fire\" of live percussion traditions. Further context on the composition process or live performances of the piece is not publicly available.