Udu Festival
Udus are essentially clay-pot drums which produce a great range of resonant bass sounds, slaps and bell-like tones.
They are of African and Indian origin, developed in the Middle East Click here for more pictures and here for sound recordings.
The festival featured a good collection of Udus of different kinds - double-ended, long and short spouted, some with drum heads built in, some highly fininshed ceramics, some rough clay, one fibre glass!
We setup multitrack recording and captured the session - click here Udufest.mp3 to hear an extract.
Also now on youtube.
Metal'n'gong festival coming soon - contact us for more information.
Summer Events and Festivals
This year's summer events have already kicked off with a morning drum workshop for the local Beaver Scouts (click here for more pics).
On July 18th we will be at Dartford Festival. We will be by the entrance to the festival near the Library in Dartford Town Centre. We'll be there for the day from 11.30am.
We will also be performing an Udu piece (see Udu festival) on the festival stage - time TBC
They follow on from the first series of weekly workshops which took place during June and July, supported by Orbit Housing Association, and culminated in a performance at their 'Fun Day' on July 26th.
Last years summer events were all great fun
- click here to see more pics from Erith Riverside Festival, Downham Health and Leisure Centre, and the HemiHelp Fun Day.
Regular sessions take place on Saturdays 2 - 4 pm at Belvedere Community Centre.
Please email us or phone 07866 139 692 for more information.
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The first series of workshop sessions 'Drumming from Around the World' took place during February 2008, featuring instruments and styles of playing drums from four traditions - Peruvian, Punjabi, Indonesian and Balkan.
(Click here for more...) There was a mix of activities including presentations from experts in the various traditions, hands on experience with authentic instruments, visits to groups working in the traditions and creative workshops and recording |
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Erith Drum Club was started as part of a Scarman Trust 'Can Do' program when SECM's lead tutor Chris Leeds, gained a Community Champion Award. |
A small selection of our drums...
To register your interest or for more information please phone Chris on 07866 139 692 or email us.
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Member's Area - session extracts and pics My music Tracks |
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