In this way Dyer’s music is representative of a more extended, pan-African sensespace, reflecting not only his geographical locality, but also a broader sense of belonging.An exploration of various music spaces and traditions is prevalent throughout his oeuvre(signalled, for instance, in an album title like World Music), and could be read (or heard) in hisapproach to compositional form and material, as well as his approach to his instrument. Hisuse of short rhythmical patterns and cyclical forms reminiscent of the organisational principlesof the respective African practices he evokes (as, for instance, in African Piano Suite) as wellas the imitation of instruments such as the mbira, balafon, kora or marimbas in hispiano/keyboard playing could be construed as the means through which he conducts theseexplorations

In this way Dyer’s music is representative of a more extended, pan-African sense space, reflecting not only his geographical locality, but also a broader sense of belonging. An exploration of various music spaces and traditions is prevalent throughout his oeuvre (signalled, for instance, in an album title like World Music), and could be read (or heard) in his approach to compositional form and material, as well as his approach to his instrument. His use of short rhythmical patterns and cyclical forms reminiscent of the organisational principles of the respective African practices he evokes (as, for instance, in African Piano Suite) as well as the imitation of instruments such as the mbira, balafon, kora or marimbas in his piano/keyboard playing could be construed as the means through which he conducts these explorations.