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The album charted at No. 28 on Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Seeing formerly niche artists reach mainstream status, alongside Drum and Bass, is heartwarming and ...

The reason for our meeting is to celebrate his premiere recording of Piano Concerto No 6 by the Ukraine-born composer Nikolai ... improvised blast on Duke Ellington’s Caravan with double bass, drum ...

Phil had just taken possession of a new drum kit fitted with, unusually for the times, double kick ... But then Lemmy’s bass was so one-dimensional. He dispensed with the brontosaurus bass of ...

Its cardioid polar pattern isolates the main sound source while minimising background noise. Ideal for vocals ... taking over from the iconic Joey Jordison in 2014. Jay Weinberg's drum kit is a ...

While there are many different ways to mic up a drum kit depending on the setting and ... As is the case in most artistic endeavors, there’s no objectively “best” tool for a job.

Imagine Led Zeppelin without the powerhouse of John Bohham behind the kit, Cream without Ginger Baker. With no disrespect to ... of the essential drum kits available in 2023, as we have before with ...

Baker was one of the first drummers to utilise an expanded set-up for his drums, adding a number of additional toms, cymbals, and, most famously, a set of double bass drums to his kit ... No song ...

This is what John Barrett, the founder of Bass Drum of Death, tells me when I ask why his fifth full-length album is the first non-solo LP from the often one-man band. Say I Won’t was written ...

Vector illustration on white background Illustration of a drum kit in four colors. Musical Instrument Silhouettes (Trombone, Trumpet, French Horn, Tuba, Saxophone, Violin/Viola, Bow, Double Bass, Drum ...

The second is that there is no line ... solid bass performance with the digital material, I suspect that’s due to the common vinyl bass reductions (got to fit that 18 to 25 minutes on a side, after ...

Moon helped to popularise the double bass drum style that we now see ubiquitous in the heavier genres of alternative music. There is no wonder that for aspiring drummers, Moon is one of the essential ...