Percussionist Daniel de los Reyes was recently on a couple tour dates as of Dec. 9th & 12th with Whitney Houston in Russia.

Check out these videos.

Be sure to visit Daniel’s Official sites:

www.myspace.com/danieldelosreyes

www.youtube.com/user/DanielDeLosReyesDrum

If you would like to be notified about Daniel’s personal appearances, latest news, YouTube video releases, and more, please sign up on his mailing list by emailing us at danieldelosreyes@drumjungle.com  .

Smooth operator & Flatcum

dj set smooth operator & flatcum @ decadance

BIO Smooth Operator ///

started as an oldskool hiphop, reggae dj in the summer of 2004.
a year later i participated in a workshop of the dj grazzhoppers dj bigband masterclasspupils + showcase.
then i got to know the world of underground house & detroit techno, i was verry interrested and i got sucked into the techno vibe… nothing was the same now…
in 2007 first residence @ la dolce vita (antwerp together with friend flatcum)
in 2008 i won a contest from YTC, i had to play in the famous fuse club in april.
in 2009 vi.be contest winner for noxx (antwerp) & cityparade +
guest spots at decadance & krush club

Selected Discography
smooth operator, a record collector and a man of few words let’s the music speak for it self! warm, deep, sexy, funky, raw, hypnotic, quality house, minimal & techno music, what else do we have to say? on special request, or when the time is right, he pops out his oldskool detroit, tribal, classic techno records for a spin, satisfaction garanteed! also, together with dj flatcum they perform mindblowing back 2 back sets ; “born out of the state of mind , without any preparation we spin records who describe or translate our mood at that moment . we want to share our personal taste with the crowd , to create a unique atmosphere on the dancefloor! ” experimental, from jazz to minimal, percussion to deephouse…

started as an oldskool hiphop, reggae dj in the summer of 2004.
a year later i participated in a workshop of the dj grazzhoppers dj bigband masterclasspupils + showcase.
then i got to know the world of underground house & detroit techno, i was verry interrested and i got sucked into the techno vibe… nothing was the same now…
in 2007 first residence @ la dolce vita (antwerp together with friend flatcum)
in 2008 i won a contest from YTC, i had to play in the famous fuse club in april.
in 2009 vi.be contest winner for noxx (antwerp) & cityparade +
guest spots at decadance & krush club

Smooth Operator online:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj-profile.aspx?id=10264

FLATCUM

BIO Flatcum ///

‘Techno is the electronic version of jazz’

Rewind

Since the day he can walk, Flatcum is interested in music. He started playing music (the clarinet, to be precise) at the age of nine, in the local music academy.

He gained his first experience at birthday parties, using two tape decks (!) and two volume buttons (!). Luckily, he soon switched to CD players (without pitch control, though) and a small old school Gemini mixer, and then there was vinyl and technics SL1200…. The second hand drumkit he bought dramatically improved his feeling for rhythm.

At the age of 19, Flatcum moved to Ghent, a city with vinyl shops and clubs galore. There, his DJ career was taken to a new level.

Play

Today, Flatcum’s mixes travel from deep house to techno and jazzy minimal. He played and plays at several clubs and events: Decadance (Ghent), Silo (Leuven), Fuse (Brussels), PukemaRock, Urgent.fm (monthly resident), Dolce Vita (resident) and shared decks with several national and international dj’s.
He also plays a lot with a dj friend, called Smooth Operator. “Born out of the state of mind , without any preparation we spin records who describe or translate our Mood at that moment . We want to share our personal taste with the crowd , to create a unique atmosphere on the dancefloor! “
In 2008 he won the yearly student contest at Fuse and he was in the top 10 of the London Dj Competition “D-Joust 08″.
and november 2009, he’s asked to play the warming-up set in the main-room at Groovecity 2009.
Together with Tobias Van Eeckhout, a former jazz student of the university of North Texas and soulmate, they started their own live project. They produce a mix of high end techno and minimal with jazz.Inspired by Jazz and Minimal techno , Miles VS Villalobos  A release is planned for mid 2010 on a secret label (for this moment…)

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Flatcum Online

Daniel de los Reyes has been a very busy percussionist. Along with working with some of the top music artists in the business, he also has his own company, DrumJungle.

The show is a fusion of world music, drum, percussion and dance.

Check out Daniel’s DrumJungle Website:

www.danieldelosreyes.com

If you would like to be notified about Daniel’s personal appearances, latest news, YouTube video releases, and more, please sign up on his mailing list by emailing us at danieldelosreyes@drumjungle.com .

Daniel de los Reyes as a percussionist has worked along side the who’s who of music. To name a few Yanni, Don Henley, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sheryl Crow.

Daniel de los Reyes gives back with his time and talent to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.

Here he is teaching the Opportunity Village clients in his community.

Check out Daniel de los Reyes’s sites:

www.myspace.com/danieldelosreyes

http://www.myspace.com/drumjungleinc

www.youtube.com/user/DanielDeLosReyesDrum

Check out his Video Bio:

If you would like to be notified about Daniel’s personal appearances,

 latest news, YouTube video releases, and more,

please sign up on his mailing list by emailing us at danieldelosreyes@drumjungle.com .

Nice atmosphere, low light and an “umbrella lamp” made our day ;>

Acoustic concert by:

Janis from “The Jammers”

Solo performer Marik

Alexander Kapich from “TAKMODNO”

Gatis

Alexander Alexandrov from “День побега”

Music band “ППШ”

Оur guest performer Pierce

Be sure you wont miss this next time we’re out! Get ready for the next one. Be sure to hear from us soon ;>

Janis from “The Jammers”

Alexander Alexandrov from “День побега”

Thank you guys all who have played, and everyone who came.

FILTERED team.

Pour ce travail réalisé en cours, j’ai choisi de créer le logo d’un groupe grenoblois de percussions en cours de formation.

Document créé avec Adobe Illustrator CS

Samstag, 19. September 2009, 20.30 Uhr,  Alter Stadtsaal Speyer
Speyerer Gitarrensommer 2009

Sigi Schwab

Konzert: RAMAYANA

Sigi Schwab & Percussion Project
Ramesh Shotham (Percussion)
Andreas Keller (Drums, Percussion)

Ensemble Amanti della Musica
Willy Freivogel (Flöte/Altflöte)
Andreas Vogel (Oboe, Englisch Horn)
Rainer Schuhmacher (Klarinette, Bassklarinette)
Peter R. Müller (Klangskulpturen)

Die Kultur fremder Länder war und ist schon immer ein großes Faszinosum für Sigi Schwab. Insbesondere die Musik des indischen Subkontinents zog ihn magisch an. Prägend war in den späten 1970er Jahren das Zusammenspiel mit dem Balinesischen Orchester von Saba und Blabatut. Aus dieser Zeit stammen seine ersten Materialsammlungen zum Thema RAMAYANA, dem großen Mythos der Hindus.

Der besondere musikalische Reiz der fünfsätzigen Suite „RAMAYANA“ liegt in der Begegnung von östlicher und westlicher Kultur, in der Auseinandersetzung asiatischer Musiksysteme mit einem europäischen kammermusikalischen Ensemble. Da es zu fast allen Instrumenten aus dem Fundus westlicher Musik verwandte, asiatische Klanginstrumente gibt, kann Sigi Schwab vermeintlich Disparates miteinander verbinden. Leitgedanke der Suite sind die Bilder des indischen Ramayana-Epos, die Leben und Schicksal des vorbildlichen Prinzen Rama, einer Inkarnation Vishnus, erzählen. Die fünf „musikalischen Bilder“ können in der Phantasie eines jeden Zuhörers Gestalt annehmen.

Eintritt: 35,00 €

Tickets:
Reservierung: kulturing e. V. 0 62 32 / 29 07 36 oder kulturing@web.de
Spei’rer Buchladen: 0 62 32 / 7 20 18
Tourist-Info Speyer: 0 62 32 / 14 23 92
LEO-/Rheinpfalz-Ticket-Service: 0 180 / 500 3417, LEO Online

AUDIOGRAMMES II: version pour quatre solistes et quatre ensembles
- flûtes à bec solo + flûte traversière, violon, contrebasse
- saxophone solo + clarinettes, trombone, violoncelle
- percussion solo + alto, percussion
- électronique solo + piano
download .mp3
benoit moreau

Ieraksts/informācija tiem, kam kaut kas tāds interesē.. (kā, piem., man.. ^^) ..info no easyget.lv

 28.martā Rīgā, deju studijas “Dzirnas” telpās (www.dzirnas.lv), notiks pirmais Latvijas perkusionistu festivāls. Festivālu organizē etnoperkusiju grupa “Afroambient”.

 Festivālā piedalīsies tādi mūziķi un muzikālās apvienības kā Reinis Sējāns, Matīss Akuraters, Edgars Saksons, Alekss Jalaņeckis, Artjoms Vesna, grupas “Auļi”, “Afroambient”, “Baraka”, “Pulsa Efekts”, kā arī perkusionisti no Brazīlijas un Itālijas.
 
Grupa “Afroambient” darbojas Latvijas mūzikas jomā jau vairākus gadus. Šo grupu izveidojis mūziķis Nils Īle, tajā apvienojot savus perkusiju studijas “Kanisaifa” audzēkņus, un šī ir pirmā etnoperkusiju grupa Latvijā. “Afroambient” nesen uzsākusi sadarbību ar deju studiju “Dzirnas”, kā arī ar perkusionistiem Krievijā un šobrīd strādā pie studijas albuma sagatavošanas.

Festivāls tiek veidots ar mērķi apzināt gan etno perkusionistus, gan akadēmiskos perkusionistus Latvijā un sapulcināt vienkopus kopīgā pasākumā.

Pasākuma programma solās būt visai daudzveidīga, jo mākslinieki uzstāsies ar sev raksturīgu un individuāli sagatavotu priekšnesumu.

Biļetes drīzumā varēs iegādāties Biļešu Paradīzes kasēs, to cena 4 Ls. Biļešu skaits ierobežots!

Papildus informācija www.afroambient.lv, www.dzirnas.lv

     by KayKay

Lost in the Mejiro small streets where live aristocrates, I hear the sound. Through a narrow window, the frame of a distant green kimono surrounded by red, amphitheater. Shyly we get in, I take my shoes off to surf to a bunch, the hall is almost empty. Few scattered people looking at the stage. We are watching a Hogaku concert rehearsal, the Japanese traditional music, Edo music. The exciting meeting with percussionists musicians and the green kimono actress. Domo arigato gosaimasu. 

Harumi Mochizuki, the excellent Hayashi player (Japanese traditional drums) coming from an artists family, percussionist mother and singer father. She played in New York last January. 

   

Kotsuzumi, a small drum shaped like an hourglass and used in Nô theater (above: black and white picture of the Kotsuzumi on the Harumi‘s shoulder).

No « great sound » without « guitare hero » ! Here Shamisen players.

Katada Kisayo, the gifted percussionist, gratued of Tokyo University in Music, like all musicians of Ayairobako (the band presented in this post).

Today March the 3rd, it’s Hina Matsuri, the Doll Festival or Girls’ Day. If you are in Tokyo, go to the exhibition of the Edo Era dolls at Mitsui Memorial Museum till April the 5th.

Mayuko Nakamura, the beautiful actress of the green kimono.

Thanks a lot Nico for the translation.

Perdus dans les petites rues de Mejiro, quartier résidentiel discret de la noblesse, j’entends le son. L’image d’un kimono vert cerné de rouge, lointain au travers d‘une étroite fenêtre, amphithéâtre. Timidement nous entrons, me déchausse, glisser silencieux vers un banc, salle vide. De rares personnes disséminées, regards rivés sur l‘estrade éclairée. Nous assistons à la répétition d’un concert d’Hogaku, musique traditionnelle japonaise, musique d’Edo. L’excitante rencontre avec les musiciennes percussionnistes et l’actrice au kimono vert. Domo arigato gosaimasu. 

L’excellente Harumi Mochizuki, joueuse d’Hayashi, tambours traditionnels japonais, issue d’une famille d’artistes, mère percussionniste et père chanteur qui était janvier dernier en tournée à New-York.

Le son de la pluie par l’Uchiwa-ame 

Kotsuzumi, petit tambour en forme de sablier utilisé dans le théâtre Nô (voir photo noir et blanc plus haut: sur l’épaule d’Harumi).  

Pas de « pure sound » sans « guitare hero » ! Ici les joueuses de Shamisen.

La facétieuse Katada Kisayo, talentueuse percussionniste diplômée de l’Université de Tokyo en musique, comme toutes les autres musiciennes de la formation Ayairobako, présentée dans cette article.

Harumi m’explique qu’aujourd’hui, 3 Mars: c’est Hina Matsuri, la fête des petites filles et des poupées. Si vous êtes à Tokyo, allez voir l’expo de poupées de l’Ere Edo au Mitsui Memorial Museum (jusqu’au 5 avril 2009).

La belle Mayuko Nakamura, l’actrice au Kimono vert qui pose sa voix sur la musique.

Merci Nico pour la traduction.

For a city that’s known for its artery clogging cheese steaks, snowball attacks on Santa and one too many movies on aging boxers, we can proudly add excellent indie musicians to that list. Don’t get me wrong, I die for our cheese steaks and our tough guy persona but it’s nice to see we have some bohemian in us as well.

Philly’s own Rachael Yamagata, Andrew Lipke, and Matt Duke put on an excellent show for a great cause. WXPN’s Musicians On Call is a non-profit organization that brings live music to the bedsides of patients through weekly programs at area hospitals. XPN is a member-supported radio from the University of Pennsylvania. The concert was held at the stations own World Café Live facilities located on Penn’s campus.

Due to a photo pass mishap, I am sad to say I missed Matt Duke’s performance. I can only go by the overheard word, but the buzz around the lobby (as I waited for the powers that be figure out who messed up) seemed to be excellent for the up and coming local artist.

Luckily, the mayhem settled and I was able to catch all of Andrew Lipke’s performance. This young fella’s latest album, Motherpearl and Dynamite, has been getting more and more play on my IPod and his performance last night has me setting it on repeat. A mix of Jeff Buckley falsetto moments mixed with a generous portion of hard rock makes an excellent recipe for a great live performance. What more could a girl ask for.

Andrew’s band mates include; Joe DiVita on Bass/Vocals, Krista Nielsen on Cello/Keyboard/Vocals, Dave Perrin on Drums/Keyboard, and Joe Vasile on Guitar.  Krista’s cello performance on Get It Over With, turned this simple melody with catchy lyrics into a unique experience for the audience. She works that thing like a… Stradivarius?

Hearing Mind Games live definitely was the catapult for my new obsession. Although, the World Café live is an excellent venue, this song begs to be played in a stadium setting. I want to hear more songs like that from this man. Sadly, 30 minutes is way too short for an Andrew Lipke experience but I can say without a doubt Andrew and his band did not disappoint.

After a short video about Musicians On Call, Rachael Yamagata took the stage looking adorable with her variation on a Princess Leia hairdo. It’s hard to believe this petite beauty has a voice that delivers the type of sound that could rattle the rafters but I definitely felt the rumble.

My first thoughts were are there any instruments she can’t play? She effortlessly glided from piano, to electric guitar and acoustic guitar. At one point I could have sworn I saw her heading for the drum kit, but I was mistaken.

Rachael played a healthy portion of songs from her latest album Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart, and her previous album Happenstance. The first song out of the gate was Elephant, a lyrically beautiful song and a perfect start to a progressively superb set. I was happy to hear some of my choice favorites including Faster and Worn Me Down.

Her performance was interspersed with stories of her new found love for the Eagles (a requirement to live in this city), her emotional reaction to our newly appointed President and her regrets for wearing pants that were too tight. The crowd was clearly there for her and graciously laughed at her tales and swayed to her music.

Although, the evening did not look promising to start, it was well worth the effort. Each musician gave a stellar performance and all for a worthy cause. I look forward to seeing what these hometown rockers bring to the table in the future. No doubt something that will make their Philly family proud.