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Category Archives: art of rhythm
Sambasunda
“in Shibuya O-EAST”
SambaSunda come from Bandung, the bustling capital and cultural centre of Western Java, more commonly known as Sunda. The Sundanese are the second largest ethnic group in Indonesia with a unique language and culture.
The group updates the lilting sounds of Sundanese gamelan degung and the angklung bamboo instruments by adding elements of Jakarta’s kroncong, Sunda’s jaipong, Balinese kebyar and the Brazilian rhythm of samba. The classic sounds of the traditional instruments evoke not only past splendour but also the bustling, urban energy of Bandung today: A full sound palette from the deep resonance of the mighty gongs to the silvery eloquence of the suling bamboo flute, complete with a heavyweight percussion section, wild vocal chanting known as senggak and the truly breathtaking vocal skills of singer Rita Tila.
source Kapa Productions Sambasunda @myspace
Singin’ Drummer
Just happened onto George Marsh‘s youtube spot. He’s a master drummer who has been playing his own music, and with others, across the creative spectrum from his west coast home base for decades. I first heard him on a Jerry Hahn record many years after the record came out, say around 1974.
His music first really knocked me out when I heard a record of duets with John Abercrombie and Mel Graves. Like Ed Blackwell, Marsh strikes me as a percussion naturalist. He is a very organic and warm player.
