November 2014 – congahead

Thanksgiving November 27, 2014

30 November 2014

Categories: Family, On The Scene Photos, Photos

Kambalache Negro perform at Congahead Studio

26 November 2014

Categories: Ensemble Videos, Front Page Feature, Studio Photos, Videos

Tags: Angel Justiniano, Calixto Caballa, Cesar Zarate, chino, Eduardo Cossio, Hector Ferreyra, javier raez, Johnny Fortuano, Maggie Ponce Valencia, martin cohen, Nelson Becerra, Roberto "Chino" Bolaños, roberto quintero, Stalin Rivadeneyra, Tiembla la Tierra, Tito Manrrique, Toninho Boza, Vania Castillo

Kambalachi. Eduardo "Lalo" Cossio, Johnny Fiortunato, Roberto Quintero, Angel Justinano, Toninhoi Boza Rivera, Stalin Rivadeneyra, Cesar Zarate and Hector Jereto Ferreyra Thomas. Seated, Vania Castillo, Roberto Chino Bolanos (leader) and Marggie Ponce Valencia — Kambalachi. Eduardo “Lalo” Cossio, Johnny Fiortunato, Roberto Quintero, Angel Justinano, Toninhoi Boza Rivera, Stalin Rivadeneyra, Cesar Zarate and Hector Jereto Ferreyra Thomas. Seated, Vania Castillo, Roberto Chino Bolanos (leader) and Marggie Ponce Valencia

Kambalache Negro lead by Roberto “Chino” Bolaños stopped by Congahead Studio one more time, to perform Tiembla la Tierra.

Sergio Krakowski’s Pandeiro Talking Drum Project

13 November 2014

Categories: Percussion Solos, Solo Videos, Videos

Tags: javier raez, martin cohen, multi-media project, pandeiro, percussion, Sergio Krakowski, Talking Drums

Talking Drums is the multi-media project by Sergio Krakowski that brings a new form of expression for percussion players. After developing his own self-taught technique on the Pandeiro (brazilian tambourine) and after engaging himself into a successful international career as a Pandeiro player, Sergio decided to apply his math knowledge to allow percussion instruments to trigger videos, control effects and interact with the machine creating real dialogs between percussionist and computer.

Soon these tools will be available on the market in the format of a pedal to be used with any kind of percussion.

In the Talking Drums project, Sergio used the technology he developed in his PhD to actually make the drum speak. Behind this idea there is a strong artistic research on what is the limit between rhythm and spoken language that takes us to ancient times where the distance between these two things was smaller or inexistent.