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Sympatico
Global(improv)ization in Rhythm

Sympatico

is the Woodstock lyrical rhythm unit — music for hand drums, percussion, bells, gongs, voices... and featuring various gifted guest Melodians.

As featured in the forthcoming (2012) film, "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding," Dir. by Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Tender Mercies"), starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, & Elizabeth Olsen.

photo from Travelhouseuk's Travel Blog http://travelhouseuk.wordpress.com/

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Sympatico is
Kevin Johnson, Bill Ross, Peter Blum, David Budd, Nathan Brenowitz

All tracks © 2010 by Kevin Johnson and Bill Ross

 

Kevin J.

Kevin J.,
Makes the drums we play


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Rhythm based "World jazz fusion," with a little synth, cello, electric guitar, string bass, instrumental voice...

 

Pulse Field: "The Everchanging Present"

"The Everchanging Present"

By Pulse Field (Peter Blum, David Budd, and vocalist Naaz Hosseini)

The fifth volume in the Sounds for Healing series features the incredible sounds from Peter's 30+ Himalayan Singing Bowls, tamboura, digeridoo, frame drum and percussion.

Listen:

Free, streaming tracks (no downloads or plugins, just hit Play,) from our weekly experiments in "Drummusicmaking," and a few live performances.
(Recorded in digital surround sound on the amazing Samson Zoom H2.)

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Oh Yeah Mon is live from our Sept. 19, 2009 gig at Varga Gallery with Eliezer Parrilla

Clouds on a Breezy Day features the mysterious "Bill Kotchman"* on enhanced French horn, Vito Piccininno on flute, "Live At Kevin's," Nov. 24, '09. ( * - there's a good story behind this...)

OohCooQua features Elie on vocal, shekere and percussion, Aug. '09

Background vibes are lightly played by either Kevin, Bill or Nathan. Various tracks also feature drummer/percussionists Dave Ghent and Russ Reilly.

Sympatico, pic by Christina Varga

Live at Varga Gallery, Sept. 2009

(Clockwise from top:
Kevin, Elie, listener, David, Bill; with Peter out of the pic to the left)

Peter Blum

Sympatico: Bill, Kevin -pic by Christina Varga  

Visit Peter Blum's site: SoundsForHealing.com

 

La Luna   

 

 

 

the lads at the full moon circle, 4/09

Bill, Kevin, Dave at the traditional full moon drum circle in the Magic Meadow on Overlook Mountain, Woodstock, April 9, 2009

Bottom photo by Steve Foster


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