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Drummer Ari Hoenig is known for his intensity at the kit - and his use of the drums as a melodic as well as percussive instrument. His fifth album, "Lines of Oppression," takes its name from long job lines that he observed while on tour in Haiti in 2007, and the album's title track explores what Hoenig calls an "oppressive" melodic line.