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Raphael De Cock - vocal
Nadishana - sansula, udu
You can't see the sansula - it's behind the chatkhan stand on the video, Nadishana plays it by my right hand while playing udu with the left hand.
Live in Karlsruhe, Germany 14.05.10
Finally Tsaaj Nplaim flute from H’mong people of Laos available at our shop! This is limited offer, just seven of them are in stock. Nadishana added one extra hole for the left thumb to each flute to extend the range, otherwise the native tuning is left as it is. Tsaaj Nplaim has very haunting, tender sound, very special and instantly recognizable. The flute made from bamboo.
The approach of H’mong people to playing is very different from our western approach and very unique: for example this instrument used by them to tell stories (literally). When player performs the audience knows what story is about.
Note: the tone reference of each flute is different. on the video Nadishana plays on two of them.
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The professional chinese Hulusi with 2 drones in key of Bb, tunable! You can pull the chanter and drones to tune it. Made from curbis and bamboo. There’s metal connectors to make chanter and drones detachable. Comes with hard case.
http://www.myspace.com/nadishanatrio
Nadishana - dzuddahord, hybrid kaval, futujara, hu-lu-si, bansuri
Armin Metz - 6-string fretless and fretted bass
Steve Shehan - percussion, hang drum
Three sonic travellers on their journey through scapes of ancient Kuzhebar, present ethno world fusion and future ambients melt their musical identities into one sound. Born in three different regions of the planet they came together to share their wide-spanned instrumental skills, blending exotic sculptures with earthy grooves and distinctive melodies, creating mind-shifting rhythms played with trancey facileness.
Steve Shehan, essential composer and percussionist, member of the Hadouk Trio, signs here a new challenge: AWALIN, (my promise), an album born from his encounter with the Tuareg musician Nabil Othmani, son of late great poet of the desert, Baly Othmani. "Awalin" symbolizes the evidence of a continuation, a relay, of the trust of a father reiterated by his son in respect and friendship. Steve Shehan gave his word, his promise, during his last trip to Djanet as he did throughout his years of collaboration with Nabil¹s father. The commitment, the pleasure to continue innovating enable to convey Tuareg culture and oral collective memory, nowadays very compromised by the invasive presence of television. It was a new challenge to highlight the "word", Tuareg poetry by incorporating Nabil Othman¹s and Steve Shehan¹s creativity together with the taste and vitality of this new generation. Banjo, pedal steel guitar, dobro, classical guitar, duduk, angklung, hang, futujara, hu-lu-si, kaval, dumdum, berimbau, strings, tar, saz, Kamantche, piano, mingle with the sound of the lute and folk guitar, and with a new more African flair that Nabil offers with his sweet and clear voice.
Steve Shehan expresses once again his love of Tuareg music by surrounding himself with modern, electronic, shamanic, Berber, Brazilian, Middle Eastern, Cuban, and especially African movements, bringing together Tuareg culture and the generous universality of music. He is also surrounded by prestigious guests such as Vladiswar Nadishana, Ibrahim Maalouf, Didier Malherbe, Claude Samard, Nono Belkrief, who, beyond their friendship, bring a unique and original flavor.
http://nadishana.com/Rus/MainEng2.htm
this video was made at Steve Shehan's studio ( http://steveshehan.com ).
I'm playing on one of his instruments custom made for him. It's called Space Drum. This is my first try on this instrument.
That was very special experience!
