D/B

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2011-12-24T23:54:00.000+01:00

BIG BERTHA

2011-12-18T13:29:00.011+01:00

SVEN-ÅKE JOHANSSON

2011-12-17T00:14:00.007+01:00

LAURIE SPIEGEL - DRUMS

2011-12-13T23:16:00.002+01:00

PAD

2011-11-30T14:34:00.008+01:00

DRUMMERS OF BURUNDI

2011-11-28T14:27:00.009+01:00

'CASSETTE IN STONE' > BLACK PUS

2011-11-28T12:54:00.002+01:00

BOADRUM 11.11.11

2011-11-27T19:12:00.009+01:00

ALEX DUTHART

2011-11-25T08:33:00.002+01:00

FIFE & DRUM

2011-11-25T07:55:00.001+01:00

WILLIAM BENNETT 'FACT MIX' !

2011-11-18T11:12:00.003+01:00

J/B

2011-10-06T17:26:00.003+02:00

MIKE WEIS

2011-09-25T22:16:00.001+02:00

DRUM PUZZLE

2011-09-25T21:58:00.000+02:00

PERSUASIVE / PROVOCATIVE.

2011-09-24T16:18:00.005+02:00

ENDLESS NAMELESS

2011-07-20T23:53:00.001+02:00

FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER

2011-07-01T23:33:00.003+02:00

100

2011-06-30T22:04:00.001+02:00

(VIBRATION)

2011-06-28T09:26:00.006+02:00

DOCUMENTARY ON HAN BENNINK.

2011-06-25T12:10:00.005+02:00

ELI KESZLER/JON MUELLER

2011-06-23T19:48:00.005+02:00

BLAST(S)

2011-06-22T18:48:00.007+02:00

PHASE.

2011-06-21T17:27:00.001+02:00

&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://flingcosound.bandcamp.com/album/phase"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

CARL PALMER

2011-06-20T11:26:00.004+02:00

JON MUELLER : ALPHABETS OF MOVEMENT

2011-06-18T19:57:00.013+02:00

B / P

2011-06-01T00:17:00.003+02:00

LE BATTEUR DU BOLÉRO

2011-05-15T22:24:00.002+02:00

PUBLICIST

2011-05-08T22:22:00.002+02:00

PARADIGM DRUMS

2011-04-21T08:10:00.006+02:00

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2011-04-19T11:28:00.003+02:00

S/G

2011-03-02T14:24:00.002+01:00

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2011-02-23T11:18:00.002+01:00

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2011-01-06T20:07:00.004+01:00

VACANCES

2010-12-14T14:56:00.002+01:00

RON WINTER

2010-11-29T12:08:00.002+01:00

BRUSHES

2010-11-22T19:26:00.008+01:00

FRED ASTAIRE

2010-11-19T17:21:00.010+01:00

HAN BENNINK SOLO

2010-11-09T23:42:00.002+01:00

THERAPEUTIC GONG

2010-10-27T12:16:00.003+02:00

INSTANT RIMSHOT

2010-09-27T12:45:00.002+02:00

TRIXON 'SPEEDFIRE' DRUMS

2010-09-24T09:23:00.006+02:00

TRIXON WAS A DRUM AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURER, FOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER 18, 1947 BY KARL-HEINZ WEIMER IN HAMBURG. TRIXON DRUMS ARE REMARKABLE FOR THEIR INNOVATIONS IN DRUM CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING CONICAL AND ELLIPSOIDAL SHAPED SHELLS AND UNIQUE DESIGNS IN MOUNTING HARDWARE. COMPLETE HISTORY.

NORTH DRUMS/STACCATO

2010-09-24T08:45:00.008+02:00

GRM

2010-09-23T13:08:00.004+02:00

KEVIN SHEA

2010-09-21T12:43:00.007+02:00

KEVIN SHEA IS A WORKING FREELANCE MUSICIAN SPECIALIZING IN LIVING FROM A SUITCASE AND PRESENTING RHYTHM-BASED VISCERAL DIATRIBES OF BOTH JOY AND PERPLEXITUDE TO INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES IN INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS. HIS APPROACH TO DRUMMING HAS BEEN CALLED "CREATIVE". PLAY IN STORM AND STRESS, HEY! TONAL, TALIBAM!, THE RIGHT MOVES, COPTIC LIGHT - COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY NEXT. SHUFFLE IT.

GÜNTER MÜLLER & LÊ QUAN NINH

2010-08-05T11:40:00.007+02:00

STEVEN HESS

2010-08-03T23:54:00.004+02:00

FRANCK ROSALY

2010-06-24T01:23:00.006+02:00

FRANCK ROSALY IS BORN IN 1974. HE IS A DRUMMER AND COMPOSER CURRENTLY LIVING IN CHICAGO. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE IMPROVISED AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC COMMUNITY FOR 10 YEARS WHERE HE HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CHICAGO SCENE, NAVIGATING A FINE LINE BETWEEN THE VIBRANT IMPROVISED MUSIC, EXPERIMENTAL, ROCK AND JAZZ COMMUNITIES. HE CONTRIBUTES MUCH OF HIS TIME TO PERFORMING, COMPOSING, TRACHING, AS SELL AS ORGANIZING MUSICAL EVENTS, WHILE ALSO TOURING REGULARLY DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. READ MORE HERE IF YOU NEED.

DRUMKIT CHRISTIAN MARCLAY

2010-06-08T02:49:00.007+02:00

UNDERGROUND COLORS

2010-05-28T13:46:00.001+02:00

ROBBIE AVENAIM

2010-05-25T04:24:00.013+02:00

ROBBIE AVENAIM, BORN 1969 IN SYDNEY IS AN AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN, SOUND ARTIST AND INSTRUMENT BUILDER SINCE 1989. HE IS A DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST BUT EXTENDS HIS WORKS THROUGH THE USE OF FOUND OBJECTS, JUNK PERCUSSION, CONTACT MICS AND ELECTRONICS. SINCE THE PAST 25 YEARS, ROBBIE HAS COMBINED TRADITIONAL AND EXTENTED TECHNIQUES WITH PSYSICAL MODIFICATION OF THE DRUMS. MODIFICATIONS HAVE INCLUDED EXTENDING USE OF THE INSTRUMENT'S VARIOUS MOTORISED PERCUSSIVE MECHANISMS AND AMPLIFICATION AND IN SO DOING, PROVIDE GREATER SCOPE FOR BOTH COMPOSING AND PERFORMING.

HE FORMED NOISE ROCK BAND PHLEGM WITH OREN AMBARCHI IN 1993. BOTH ARE CONSTANT COLLABORATORS. THEY FOUND 'WHAT IS MUSIC' FESTIVAL IN 1994 WHICH JOHN ZORN, MIKE PATTON, KEIJI HAINO, FRED FRITH, OTOMO YOSHIHIDE, MASONNA PLAYED.

AVENAIM HAS GAINED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPERIMENTAL DRUMMERS AND SOUND ARTIST WITH HIS PASSION FOR THE UNCONVENTIONAL.

ROBBIE AVENAIM/OREN AMBARCHI 'THE ALTER REBBE'S NIGUN (TZADIK, 1999) + ROBBIE AVENAIM/KEITH ROWE/OREN AMBARCHI 'HONEY PIE (GROB, 2002)

JON MUELLER

2010-04-07T11:12:00.011+02:00

JM IS DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. FOCUSED ON A PHYSICAL DIALOG BETWEEN SITUATION AND MATERIAL, OFTEN BYPASSING STANDARD APPROACHES TO PERCUSSION AND CONSIDERING THE SAPCE IN WHICH THAT SOUND IS PRESENTED IN ORDER TO CREATE A LARGER EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE LISTENING.

JON MUELLER HAVE PERFORMED WITH MEMBERS OF THE SWANS, WILCO, BON IVER, JAMES PLOTKIN, LIONEL MARCHETTI (METAMKINE), Z'EV & OTHERS, AND BE PART OF COLLECTION OF COLONEES OF BEE S AND MORE RECENTLY VOLCANO CHOIR.

ALSO, MUELLER HAVE COMPOSED FOR FILM SCREENINGS AND HELD WORKSHOPS FOR PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT LISTENING.

ALVIN LUCIER

2010-04-01T10:37:00.001+02:00

PIERRE FAVRE

2010-02-08T13:27:00.012+01:00

PIERRE FAVRE, BORN 1937 IS A SWISS DRUMMER WHO ALWAYS HAVE GIVEN SENSITIVITY TO THE TONE OF HIS INSTRUMENT. PURSUING HIS INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MELODIC POTENTIAL OF THE DRUM SET INTO THE EARLY 70'S, FAVRE, ORIGINALLY A SELF-TAUGHT PLAYER, FELT HE WAS APPROACHING THE DEMARCATION LINE THAT SPARATED "DRUMMER" FROM "COMPOSER".

HE STUDIED CLASSICAL COMPOSITION AND IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE DIVERSE PERCUSSION MUSICS OF THE WORLD : INDIA, AFRICA, BRAZIL, GRUADUALLY CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THIS NEW INFORMATION IN THE "SOUND COLOR POEMS" HE WAS WRITING FOR HIS SINGING DRUMS GROUP.

AS A PERCUSSIONIST (ON MANY MYTHIC ECM RELEASES INCLUDING THE ARVO PÄRT - "MISERERE" MASTERPIECE), FAVRE IS ABLE TO BALANCE EXTREME SOPHISTICATION WITH AN EARTHINESS, A SIMPLE DELIGHT IN THE SOUND OF STICKS STRIKING SKINS, THAT CONNECTS HIM TO SOME OF EARLY JAZZ'S DRUMMING GREATS LIKE BABY DODDS, BIG SID CATLETT & SONNY GREER.

CHECK MORE INTERESTING WORDS HERE.

SINGING DRUMS GROUP :

EVELYN GLENNIE

2010-02-04T13:49:00.010+01:00

DAME EVELYN ELIZABETH ANN GLENNIE (BORN 1965) IS A SCOTTISH PERCUSSIONIST. SHE WAS THE FIRST FULL-TIME SOLO PERCUSSIONIST IN 20TH CENTURY WESTERN SOCIETY. GLENNIE IS PROFOUNDLY DEAF SINCE AGE 12.

SHE REGULARY PLAY BAREFOOT FOR BOTH LIVE PERFORMANCES AND STUDIOS RECORDINGS TO BETTER FEEL THE SOUNDS. SHE CONTENDS THAT DEAFNESS IS LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC.

SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE TAUGHT HERSELF TO HEAR WITH PARTS OF HER BODY OTHER THAN HER EARS. SHE PUBLISHED HEARING ESSAY IN WHICH SHE PERSONNALY DISCUSSES HER CONDITION. DEEAG COLLABORATED WITH FRED FRITH, STEVE HACKETT AND MANY OTHERS.

"TOUCH THE SOUND", NICE DOCUMENTARY ON HER :

HAN BENNINK

2010-01-31T19:41:00.022+01:00

HAN BENNINK (BORN IN ZAANDAM NEAR AMSTERDAM IN 1942), BEGAN PLAYING DRUMS WHILE HIS TEENS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIS FATHER, A CLASSICAL PERCUSSIONIST. HIS FIRST PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT WAS A KITCHEN CHAIR. HENNINK IS BEST-KNOWN AS ONE OF THE PIVOTAL FIGURE IN EARLY EUROPEAN FREE JAZZ AND FREE IMPROVISATION. KNOWN FOR INJECTING SLAPSTICK AND ABSURDIST HUMOR INTO HIS PERFORMANCES, HB THE VIRTUOSO IS A LONG-TIME PARTNER OF PETER BROTZMANN & DEREK BAILEY.

IN THE 60'S, HE BEGAN PLAYING WITH HOMETOWN MUSICIANS. IN 1962 (TO 1969), BENNINK BACKED LOCAL AMERICAN JAZZ GREATS LIKE CECIL TAYLOR, DEXTER GORDON, SONNY ROLLINS AND ERIC DOLPHY ON THEIR VISITS TO HOLLAND. IN 1967, HE FOUNDED WITH MENGELBERG AND WILLEM BREUKER 'THE INSTANT COMPOSER'S POOL" - A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE DUTCH JAZZ AVANT-GARDE. MUCH/LONG BIOGRAPHY/INFOS HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, BENNINK RECENTLY PLAYED ON A DRUM KIT MADE OF CHEESE, MADE BY THE DUTCH ARTIST WALTER WILLEMS. THE CURRENT EXHIBITION WAS MADE AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART. WILLEMS BUILT IT SPECIFICALLY WITH H. BENNINK IN MIND DECLARING : "IT WOULD NOT BE FINISHED UNTIL BENNINK PLAYED IT"

"BENNINK IS LIKE WERNER HERZOG, BUT ON DRUMS."

WINE SUNDAY

2010-01-31T17:38:00.001+01:00

SVEN-ÅKE JOHANSSON

2010-01-22T20:21:00.006+01:00

SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AVANT-GARDE JAZZ MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD. HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE ENERGY JAZZ MOVEMENT THAT SWEPT EUROPE IN THE 60'S AND 70'S. S-A J PUT ALL HIS CONCENTRATION AND FOCUS ON THE DRUMS, PRODUCING DYNAMIC SOUND POEMS ON ENERGY AND POLYRHYTHM. BORN IN SWEDEN, J EXPATRIED TO BERLIN IN THE LATE 60'S AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME INVOLVED IN THE BURGEONNING ENERGY FREE JAZZ MOVEMENT SPEARHEAD BY SAXOPHONIST PETER BRÖTZMANN. JOHANSSON WAS THE DRUMMER ON BRÖTZMANN FIRST RECORDING 'CLASSIC' 'FOR ADOLPH SAX' IN 1968. THEN, THE SUBSEQUENT BRÖTZMANN OCTET 'MACHINE GUN'. SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON ALSO PLAYED THE FIRST GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA.

KEVIN DRUMM

2010-01-22T17:17:00.009+01:00

KEVIN DRUMM 'IMPERIAL HORIZON (HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS, 2009)

BERNARD ET FRANCOIS BASCHET

2010-01-20T17:05:00.009+01:00

HERE - HERE. WATCH DOCUMENTARY (IN FRENCH.)

MIKE WEIS

2010-01-17T22:07:00.010+01:00

MIKE WEIS IS THE DRUMMER OF THE CHICAGO BAND ZELIENOPLE. HE ALSO REGULARY PLAYING DRUMS WITH SCOTT TUMA, XELA AND IN THE BAND GOOD STUFF HOUSE.

MIKE'S DRUMMING IS DENSE. HIS DRUMMING GIVE A LARGE VARIETY OF SUBLIMINAL PERCUSSIONS IN THE WAY OF HEAVY SEISMIC COSMIC VIBRATIONS LEVITATIONS, ADDING SUBLIMINAL DRONES TO HIS ABSTRACT, MINIMALIST, SUBTLE, SOFT & SWEET TOUCH IN THE WORLD OF POST-DRUMS ARCHITECTURE. READY TO TAKE YOU ON A UNIVERSAL JOURNEY INTO THE SUBCONCIOUS. IF BRIAN ENO WAS A DRUMMER.

YOU CAN LISTEN THIS GREAT - MIKE WEIS - 'BEYOND THE BLACKBEAT' MIX AROUND HIS LOVE FOR DRUM-MING/MERS ON THE TYPECASTS PODCASTS BY TYPE RECORDS.

ALSO THE LATEST ZELIENOPLE 'GIVE IT UP' (TYPE, 2009)

WARREN DODDS

2010-01-16T09:51:00.013+01:00

WARREN 'BABY' DODDS, DECEMBER 24, 1898 - FEBRUARY 14, 1959 WAS A JAZZ DRUMMER BORN IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE VERY BEST JAZZ DRUMMERS OF THE PRE-BIG BAND ERA, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EARLY JAZZ DRUMMERS. DODDS WAS AMONGST THE FIRST DRUMMER WHO IMPROVISED WHILE PERFORMING TO BE RECORDED. HE VARIED HIS DRUM PATTERNS WITH ACCENTS AND FLOURISHES.

DODDS GAINED HIS REPUTATION AS A TOP YOUNG DRUMMER IN NEW ORLEANS, THEN WORKED ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMSHIP BANDS WITH YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG. HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1921 AND FOLLOWED TO CHICAGO, WHICH WOULD BE HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS.

DODDS IS PERHAPS THE FIRST JAZZ DRUMMER TO RECORD UNACCOMPANIED. DODDS REVOLUTIONIZED THE DRUM KIT BY INVENTING THE FLOOR BASS.

AFTER 1949, BABY DODDS HAD A SERIES OF STROKE THAT LEFT HIM PARTIALLY PARALYZED, BUT STILL MANAGED TO PLAY FROM TIME TO TIME UP UNTIL HIS DEATH, 10 YEARS LATER IN CHICAGO AT THE AGE OF 60.

WATCH THE FIRST INSTRUCTIONAL MOVIE EVER MADE IN 1946 ON W "B" D.

LISTEN WARREN "BABY" DODDS 'TALKING AND DRUM SOLOS' (10" ON FOLKWAYS 1946/CD ON ATAVISTIC 2003)

BAD BEAT

2010-01-15T17:32:00.003+01:00

GAVE DROHL

2009-12-24T11:45:00.001+01:00

YOSHIDA TATSUYA

2009-12-19T09:17:00.008+01:00

BORN 1961, YT IS A JAPANESE MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK PROGRESS IN THE GROUP THAT HE FOUNDED IN 1985 : RUINS (FIRST WAS A DUO). BESIDES HIS SOLO WORK, TATSUYA REGULARY PLAYED WITH KEIJI HAINO, RON ANDERSON (RONRUINS), ACID MOTHER GONG (TEMPLE/GURU), KOENJIHYAKKEI, KOROKYOJINN, AKATEN, ZUBI ZUVA, CICALA MVTA, THE FUJI SATOKO QUARTET. HE ACTUALLY PLAY IN THE LEGENDARY ZENI GEVA AND IN PAINKILLER WITH JOHN ZORN & BILL LASWELL. TATSUYA ALSO DOING A NICE COLLECTION OF STONES OF THE WORLD.

DALE GORFINKEL

2009-12-11T19:49:00.007+01:00

DG IS A MUSICIAN, INSTRUMENT BUILDER AND INSTALLATION ARTISTS FROM SIDNEY, CURRENTLY LIVING IN MELBOURNE. HIS WORKS INVOLVES BUILDING AUTOMATED MECHANICAL SCULPTURES BASED ON HIS UNIQUE APPROACH TO THE VIBRAPHONE. HE CREATES WONDROUS SONORITIES USING CONTINUOUS BOWED INVENTIONS ON ALUMINIUM BARS, SWINGING TIN RESONATORS AND PING PONG BALLS THAT CREATE RANDOM RHYTHMS. HE ALSO DEVELOPED AN APPROACH TO THE TRUMPET, USING TRADITIONAL PLASTIC TUBING, SHOWER ROSES, BALLOONS, AND VARIOUS MOUTHPIECES WHICH INVOKE AN ELECTRONIC SOUND WORLD.

RAYAHU SUPPANGAH

2009-12-11T19:11:00.006+01:00

BORN IN 1949, RAYAHU SUPPANGAH IS A MASTER OF TRADITIONAL FORMS. IN 1981, SUPPANGHA WON A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO GET HIS MASTERS DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS VII, IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, WHICH HE COMPLETED IN 1985.

CONSIDERER LIKE A PIONEER IN INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IN INDONESIA., HIS CAREER, AS MUSICIAN, SUPPANGAH HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS A GAMELAN MUSICIAN, A SINGER, AN ARRANGER, A MUSIC DIRECTOR, AN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, AN EXECUTIVE MANAGER, A FESTIVAL MANAGER, A RESEARCHER, A WRITER, A GUEST SPEAKER, A MENTOR, AND A TEACHER, BOTH WITHIN INDONESIA AND ABROAD. HE HAS PERFORMED IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES.

YOSHIO MACHIDA

2009-12-11T14:57:00.008+01:00

YM IS A SOUND & VISUAL ARTIST, STEEL PAN PLAYER BORN IN JAPAN IN 1967. HE STUDIED MINIMAL ART/MUSIC/FILM EXTENSIVELY UNDER KUNIHARU AKIYAMA, YOSHIAKI TOUNO, SAKUMI HAGIWARA AND KISSHIO SUGA AT TAMA ART UNIVERSITY IN TOKYO. HE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN A BOOK "HAUNTED WEATHER" BY DAVID TOOP & IN A COMPILATION "JAPANESE AVANT GARDE" ON SUB ROSA IN 2002.

町田良夫(まちだよしお) 音楽家、スティールパン奏者／美術家会員。多摩美術大学在学中、秋山邦晴、東野芳明、萩原朔美、菅木志雄に師事、ミニマルアート／音楽／映像を総合的に学びましたこれまで、日本、ヨーロッパ各国のメディア・アート／音楽祭ジャズ音楽祭フェスティバル等) に出演著書で紹介され、自身のソロアルバムの他に

DYLAN MARTORELL

2009-12-10T21:03:00.008+01:00

DYLAN MARTORELL (BORN 1971) IS A MELBOURNE BASED ARTIST (GRAPHISM, PRINTING, DESIGN, CLOTHS...), AND MUSICIAN. HE HAS BEEN EXHIBITING AND PERFORMING FOR OVER TEN YEARS BOTH WITHIN AUSTRALIA AND THE AIR. AS SOLO OR WITH SNAWKLOR (W/NATHAN GRAY) AND HI-GOD PEOPLE. HE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH MAGAZINES AND ART EXHIBITIONS. LASTLY IN THE GREAT - WIRELESS IMAGINATION - FESTIVALI IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. ADMIRE HIS WORKS BY VISITING OR CHECKING THIS VIDEO.

BOBB BRUNO

2009-12-08T13:27:00.018+01:00

BB LIKE PLAYING MUSIC, RECORDING AND PRODUCING CALIFORNIAN BANDS (MAGIC LANTERN, SASQROTCH, ROBEDOOR, WIVES, SABOTEURS, ABE VIGODA, SILVER DAGGERS...). BB PLAY ACTUALLY DRUMS IN BEST COAST (EX POCAHAUNTED RELATED), ROBEDOOR, CARLA BUZOLITCH, VOICE ON TAPE, HIS DOOM MANTRA SOLO PROJECT GOLIATH BIRD EATER AND OTHERS. COLLABORATE WITH JEN WOOD, DEVIN SARNO. ALSO NELS CLINE (OF WILCO)

START LOOKING AT THE BIRD AT 3:00:

ELI KESZLER

2009-11-27T20:13:00.013+01:00

MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST ELI KESZLER IS ONE OF A COTERIE OF EXCITING NEW BOSTON BASED MUSICAINS WHOSE MUSIC PUCHES THE BOUNDARIES OF NOISE, IMPROV AND ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC COMPOSITION. USING A VARIETY OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, AS WELL GUITAR AND ELECTRONICS. ELI CREATES INTENSE DRONES AND FAST, RHYTHMICALLY COMPLEX PIECES. HE DOING DRUMS ON THE LAST JANDEK ALBUM. INTERVIEW. - TRY IT HERE.

STOMU YAMASH'TA

2009-10-17T07:45:00.005+02:00

REAL NAME TSUTOMU YAMASHITA IS A JAPANESE PERCUSSIONIST & COMPOSER ARTIST PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK LEADING THE JAZZ ROCK FUSION GROUP "GO". YAMASH'TA WAS BORN IN MARCH 1947 IN KYOTO. HE STUDIED AT THE KYOTO ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND MADE HIS SOLO CONCERT DEBUT AT THE AGE OF 16. FROM 1964 - 1969, HE STUDIED IN THE U.S WITH BOTH JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSICIANS. HIS 1971 ALBUM 'RED BUDDHA' IS AN AVANT GARDE ALL PERCUSSION SOLO WORK WHICH HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REISSUED.

STOMU YAMASH'TA 'RED BUDDHA' (VANGUARD, 1973)

ANGUS MACLISE

2009-10-08T13:27:00.005+02:00

ESSENTIAL. ALL INFO HERE ! CHECK IT IN FRENCH AND DOWNLOAD ON UNDERGROUND COLORS !

LÊ QUAN NINH

2009-09-25T21:34:00.007+02:00

LÊ QUAN NINH, BORN IN PARIS IN 1961 IS A FRENCH PERCUSSIONIST ACTIVE IN COMTEMPORARY MUSIC AND FREE IMPROVISATION. HE BEGAN STUDYING PIANO IN THE AGE OF 5 BUT TURNED TOWARDS PERCUSSION AS A TEENAGER. WHEN HE WAS 16N HE ENTERRED THE NATIONAL CONSERVATORY IN VERSAILLES. DURING THE TIME HE DISCOVERED FREE JAZZ. AFTER GRADUATING, HE TAUGHT PERCUSSION FOR 3 YEARS AT A CONSERVATORY IN BONDY, FRANCE WHILE PERFORMING WITH COMPTEMPORARY MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATER GROUPS USING SELF-TAUGHT TECHNIQUES AND FOUND OBJECTS IN HIS IMPROVISATION. MORE HISTORY HERE (IN FRENCH)

DB STICKERS

2009-09-21T00:04:00.009+02:00

SUSIE IBARRA

2009-09-03T16:04:00.006+02:00

SUSIE IBARRA, BIRTH NOVEMBER 15, 1970 IN ANAHEIM, IS AN AMERICAN PERCUSSIONIST AND COMPOSER OF JAZZ, OPERA, EXPERIMENTAL AND AVANT GARDE MUSIC. SHE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK AS A JAZZ DRUMMER, AND IS NOTED FOR HER DYNAMIC RANGE AND EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUE, AS WELL AS HER INCORPORATION OF DIVERSE STYLE AND INFLUENCES, SUCH AS BLUES, GAMELAN AND KULINTANG. SHE HAVE WORKED WITH DEREK BAILEY, JOHN ZORN AND PAULINE OLIVEIROS AND PUBLISHED ALBUMS ON TZADIK LABEL. LISTEN.

DRUMMING

2009-08-22T14:20:00.009+02:00

DRUMMING IS A MUSIC COMPOSITION BY THE MINIMALIST COMPOSER STEVE REICH DATING FROM 1970/71, REICH BEGAN COMPOSITION OF THE WORK AFTER A VISIT TO AFRICA AND OBSERVING MUSIC AND MUSICAL ENSEMBLES THERE UNDER THE MASTER DRUMMER GIDEON ALORWOYIE IN GHANA.

THE PIECE EMPLOYS REICH'S TRADEMARK TECHNIQUE OF PHASING. PHASING IS ACHIEVED WHEN TWO PLAYERS, OR ONE PLAYER AND A RECORDING ARE PLAYING A SINGLE REPEATED PATTERN IN UNISON, USUALLY ON THE SAME KIND OF INTRUMENT. ONE PLAYER CHANGES TEMPO SIGHTLY, WHILE THE OTHER REMAINS CONSTANT, AND EVENTUALLY THE TWO PLAYERS ARE ONE OR SEVERAL BEATS OUT OF SYNC WITH EACH OTHER. THEY MAY EITHER STAY HERE, OR PHASE FURTHER, DEPENDING ON THE PIECE.

77/88 BOADRUM

2009-07-28T16:51:00.005+02:00

88 BOADRUM WAS A DUO OF FREE CONCERTS FOLLOWING 2007'S 77 BOADRUM, HOSTED BY JAPANESE NOISE ROCK BAND BOREDOMS. THE CONCERT TOOK PLACE AT LA BREA TAR PITS IN LOS ANGELES AND THE WILLIAMSBURG WATERFRONT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND FEATURED A 88 MINUTES COMPOSITION, EACH CONCERT BEGAN AT 8:08 PM AND FEATURED 88 DRUMMERS - LIST HERE.

HANG DRUM

2009-07-28T13:11:00.005+02:00

A HANG IS A HARMONICALLY TUNED STEEL IDIOPHONE CREATED BY PANART IN SWITZERLAND. THE HANG IS TYPICALLY PLAYED RESTING ON THE PLAYER'S LAP, AND CAN ALSO BE PLAYED ON A STAND. THE HANG IS GENERALLY PLAYED WITH THE HANDS AND FINGERS INSTEAD OF MALLETS, SO THE SOUND IS GENERALLY SOFTER AND WARMER THAN A TRADITIONAL STEELPAN (/STEELDRUM) - DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS PLAYED THE NOTES CAN SOUND LIKE A HARP, BELLS, OR HARMONICALLY TUNED STEELPANS. READ MORE.

GREG SAUNIER/ZACH HILL

2009-07-28T01:35:00.005+02:00

THIS PIECE IS A PARTICULAR APPROACH OF THE DRUMMING BY TWO NICE DRUMMERS : ONE DAY, ZACH HILL (FROM HELLA) AND GREG SAUNIER (FROM DEERHOOF) DECIDED TO PLAY TOGETHER AND FROMED NERVOUS COP. OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF OF RECORDING, RERECORDING, REMIXING, AND REREMIXING, NERVOUS COP WENT FROM SOUNDING LIKE A HOT FOR TEACHER TRIBUTE GONE HORRIBLY WRONG , TO A HEAVENLY, CASCADING HARP CONCERTO FEATURING JOANNA NEWSOM, TO A DANGEROUS OBSESSIVE PIECE OF AVANT GARDE ELECTRONICS, TO A SONIC AVALANCHE OF TRULY NIGHTMARISH PROPORTIONS.

NERVOUS COP 'NERVOUS COP (5 RUE CHRISTINE, 2003)

DRUMS OF DEATH

2009-07-27T16:06:00.005+02:00

FIELD RECORDINGS MADE BY MARK SEIDENFELD (FOUNDER OF THE CENTER FOR SHAMANISTIC STUDIES) DURING A FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE EWE PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GHANA. THESE ARE SEVEN PRIMARY DRUMMERS ACCOMPAGIEND BY MANY VILLAGERS ON SMALL PERCUSSION AND OCCASIONAL VOCALIZING. WHILE FIVE OF THE DRUMMERS MAINTAIN TRADITIONAL (AND USALLY QUITE COMPLEX) RHYTHMS, THE TWO MANNING THE LARGEST DRUM ARE FREE TO IMPROVISE, ONE ON THE SKIN, ONE ON ITS WOODEN SIDES. THE FIRESTORM THESE MUSICIENS ARE ABLE TO CONJURE UP AND CAN BE NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE WITH INTRICATE RHYTHMIC MATRICES GETTING SUBSUMED INTO PASSIONATE POUNDING THAT EXPLODES ORGASMICALLY. RAW SPLENDOR.

DRUMS OF DEATH (AFRICAN VOODOO FUNERAL) GHANA FUNERAL FIELD RECORDINGS (TZADIK/AVANT, 1998)

BRIAN CHIPPENDALE

2009-07-27T02:51:00.005+02:00

BRI CHI (BORN 1973) IS FROM PROVIDENCE. HE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE DRUMMER OF THE BAND LIGHTNING BOLT. HIS SOLO PROJECT IS CALLED BLACK PUS. AS A RESULT OF PLAYING DRUMS IN FRONT OF LIGHTNING BOLT'S AMPLIFICATION SET UP, WHICH OFTEN EXCEEDS 3000 WATTS, C HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE HEARING LOSS.

"I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING I DO HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH FILLING UP SPACE. I DUNNO, ALMOST THE WAY I DRUM IS THE WAY I DRAW : IT'S LIKE I'M COVERING EVERY LITTLE SPACE WITH A BEAT OR A HIT OR SOMETHING"

BP @ NO FUN FEST :

JAMES B. HOPKINS

2009-07-27T01:39:00.007+02:00

AS A RESULT OF INDEPENDANT RESEARCH ON THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OG PYTHAGORAS, DR JAMES B. HOPKINS WAS INSPIRED TO COMMISSION A SERIE OF UNIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR HEALING PURPOSES.

PYTHAGORAS (THE FATHER OF MATHEMATICS, MUSIC AND GEOMETRY) USED THE PHENOMENA OF A VIBRATING STRING TO TEACH HIS DISCIPLES ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF HARMONICS. HE USED THE EFFECTS OF THESE PRINCIPLES TO 'TREAT' HUMAN CONDITIONS. MORE SPECIFICALLY TO EFFORTLESSLY CONNECT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THEIR DIVINE NATURE.

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DR JAMES HOPKINS 'GOLDEN RATIOS (HARMONIX HEALING, 2007)

JOE JONES

2009-07-27T00:49:00.005+02:00

JJ (BORN 1934 NEW YORK CITY/1993 WIESBADEN) WAS AN AVANT-GARDE MUSICIAN ASSOCIATED WITH FLUXUS EXPECIALLY KNOWN FOR HIS CREATION OF RHYTHMIC MUSIC MACHINES. HE RECEIVE A CLASSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION. IN THE LATE 1950'S STARTED A SHORT CAREER AS A JAZZ DRUMMER. IN 1960 HE BEGAN TO STUDY AVANT-GARDE EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSITION WITH JOHN CAGE AND EARLE BROWN.

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NATE NELSON

2009-07-27T00:30:00.008+02:00

NN IS THE DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST OF THE PERVERTED BROOKLYN TWO PIECES BAND MOUTHUS WITH BRIAN SULLIVAN. MORE.

CHRIS CORSANO

2009-07-27T00:00:00.005+02:00

"CORSANO'S BAG STOCKS MIX AND MATCHED STICKS OF WOODS, CHEWED TO PIECES, WORN DOWN TO THEIR LAST BIT OF BORROWED SOLIDITY. HIS MALLETS LOOK AS THOUGH THEY'VE STRUCK CONCRETE, NOT CYMBALS AND DRUMHEADS. HIS TOOLS WHIRR AND BLUR AND WRAP AROUND RHYTHMS AS IF HE'S BEATING THEM OUT OF THE AIR"

JACOB FELIX HEULE

2009-07-26T23:26:00.002+02:00

SAN FRANCISCO FREE-IMPROV MUTANT JACOB FELIX HEULE SOUNDS LIKE DOLPHY BUT WANTS TO ROLL WITH DARKTHRONE, PLAYING ICKY JAZZ NOISE WITH THE DARK SOUL OF A CHURCH TORCHIN BLACK METAL VIKING OVERLORD. INVOLVED IN BASSHATERS - ETTRICK AND SOLO EFFORTS. READ MORE HERE