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Slet bubeníků (THE GATHERING OF DRUMMERS) 2008 happens in the Euro-Japanese spirit of confrontation as the two musical styles. A trio of Japanese musicians will be accompanied by Jim Meneses and four Czech drummers. Slet bubeníků (THE GATHERING OF DRUMMERS) takes place now 7th year. Concept of the project is completely unique and unusual, and received a great reputation in the music world. Slet bubeníků (THE GATHERING OF DRUMMERS) - name is not coincidental, because musicians are really gathered from around all the world. Each year musicians meet themselves in the Jizera Mountains, nord of Czech Republic. On common workshop all musicians seek together musical inspiration. Each musician brings into the workshop his own musical experiences, his own cultural traditions, music education; each one comes with his own ideas. The result of this global drummer pot is always fascinating. There is a mash of all possible musical directions, influences and ethnic roots. Annually creates new tracks and songs, which are live played at the concert. Slet bubeníků (THE GATHERING OF DRUMMERS) in 2008 is aimed at meeting and confronatation of 2 musical styles – the European classic style versus the Japanese tradition. Simply put - at one stage encountered by players in the classical percussion instruments, used primarily in the areas of classical music and native Japanese musicians, knowledgeable style of playing the traditional Japanese drums and percussion. The main role Slet bubeníků (THE GATHERING OF DRUMMERS) in 2008 could have Japanese Taiko drum. Pavel Fajt, a leading artistic spirit of the project, explains the concept: "After a long collaboration with Japanese singer Yumiko, known mainly from Tokyo techno scene, I became interested in her musical and social background, and I like this time to bring more of the musical world and tradition from which it originates. I also attracted a certain ritualism of traditional Japanese music, which can be connected with European classical instrumentation and its severity." After three years of African-Caribbean-style, which to dominated djembe and congas, the sound could come closer to the percussion instruments, which belong to our traditions as the timpani, gongs, sets of tomtoms, vibraphone, tuned drums and more. Everything will be supported by drumms, percussions, electronics and industrial sounds.
Pavel Fajt states: "It is a challenge to build rhythmic and dnace music with instruments that are used in other areas of music." Total two tons are expected on stage - drums kits, cimbals, many ethnic drums and electronics, as well as human voices, gongs, percussions, and barels above the traditional Japanese percussive instrument "Taiko".
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