Duende Cajons review (Aug 2009)
Rhythm Magazine Review (Summer Issue 167 August 2009) click here to download
Duende offers plenty for those who aspire to the real deal. VERDICT: Great craftsmanship across their range, with real attention to detail and highly innovative designs.
Duende Cajons review (Jul 2009)
Drummer Magazine Review (Issue 69 July 2009) click here to download
Duende box, clever with innovative designs and craftsmanship... UPBEATS: Build quality, Pricing, Con Fusion dual playing surface, Latino richness of sound. DOWNBEATS: NONE
The Garrahand reviewed by Batteur Magazine in France.
Cajon Masterclass at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music
An interactive Workshop on how to play Contemporary and Flamenco styles on the Cajon. Students at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music explore new possibilities of how to apply rhythms usually performed on drums and learn to transfer them onto this new and hip instrument.
new website launch
A new and improved web site was launched early January 2008 to celebrate the new year and offer a better browsing experience. Lots of goodies and pictures are available but not to forget our brand new media section which is regularly updated with various videos. Both Corporate and Educational areas have also been separated for ease of navigation.
PRK Cajons - IMPOSSIBLE TO FAULT - 5 STAR review by Rhythm Magazine (August 2011)
Rhythm Magazine - Outstanding 5 STAR Review (August 2011) click here to download
Duende Cajons reviewed by Drummer Magazine (issue - Feb 2011)
Drummer Magazine Review (February 2011) click here to download
Garrahand Reviews
Rhythm Magazine Review (October 2010) click here to download
Reveiling
the unrivalled, Percussity presents PRK Cajons
Globally acknowledged by professionals as the number 1, PRK is the favourite choice amongst musicians who perform with acts such as Paco de Lucia, Winton Marsalis, Shakira and Stevie Wonder to name but a few. Percussity welcomes this fabulous brand to their roster. We recommend you try them out, they are matchless!
Percussity at the London Drum Show 2010
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Following on from a successful product launch at the London Drum Show, we are please to announce that the Garrahand is now offically available in the UK. The exhibition was well attended with some 2000 people over both days. It was a buzzing event that managed to capture a very unique atmosphere and delivered a real sense of community for everyone that made it to the show.
The LDS was certainly the place to be with a superb line-up of worldclass performers, including Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Benny Greb and Pete Lockett amongst others. Percussity also provided a Flamenco and Cajon/Percussion Masterclass with Albert Vila and Monica Cano.
Garrahnd Press Release
The latest Garrahand news brought to you by Drummer Magazine (July 2010 issue)
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Garrahand news in Rhythm Magazine (August 2010 issue)
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Step Live at Sadler's Wells with the Royal Academy of Dance
The Royal Academy of Dance celebrates Step into Dance and the Jack Petchey Foundation’s 10th Birthday at Sadler's Wells. The building was filled with a festival of music and dance, bursting with life, energy and colour. Percussity was delighted to provide an afternoon of percussive fun for the occasion. Click on the picture below to see the programme up close.
Step Into Dance is a partnership project between the Jack Petchey Foundation and the Royal Academy of Dance leading dance in 100 schools across 13 London boroughs.
The Garrahnd brought to you by Percussity
Percussity is proud to be the first company to introduce and import the Garrahand to the UK market. This new and innovative electro acoustic instrument from Argentina is a fabulous percussive device with countless tricks up its sleeve.
Current endorsers include: Pete Lockett (Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Jeff Beck), Horacio Hernandez (Michel Camilo, Carlo Santana, Steve Winwood) and Daniel de los Reyes (Sting, Sheryl Crow, Shakira) amongst others. Watch this space.
Monthly educational feature in Drummer Magazine
We are pleased to announce that Percussity has become a regular contributor of Drummer Magazine (www.drummermagazine.co.uk).
Our monthly tuition page will be focusing on hand percussion. You can catch our first article in issue 78 (April 2010).
Masterclass at the London Centre of Contemporary Music
We would like to thank LCCM for their tremendous collaboration and for hosting an unforgettable percussion day, it was very unique indeed. The event featured leading names from the Afro Cuban and Flamenco world, including: Giovanni Hildalgo, Luis Conte, Eguie Castrillo, Albert Vila and Monica Cano.
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Vinnie Lammi and Michael Bowes endorse Duende Cajons
Vinnie Lammi (Take That, Spice Girls, Robbie Williams)
“The great thing about this instrument is that you can apply your drum groves and patterns straight onto the Cajon”
Michael Bowes (Nellie Furtado, Joss Stone, Macy Gray) “A beautiful instrument that adds and extra voice to my playing. The possibilities are literally limitless”
Michael explores and demonstrates various drumming applications on the Cajon. Watch the video here.
The Cajon cometh - Master Class Tour 2009
It’s been with us for centuries now but recently the Cajon has begun to spread its wings and find appeal amongst hipsters and the wider drumming commuity. Discribed as the drumkit in a box, the Cajon has become a must have instrument for the percussive wise. Percussity teamed up with Duende to offer a touring master class to show just what the Cajon is capable of.
We would like to thank BELLPERC (London) and STAGEBEAT (Farnham) for hosting a couple of successful in store events, which took place on Sat 28th and Sun 29th of November 2009 and featured Gabriel Nuzzoli (Amy Winehouse, Ricky Martin, Courtney Pine), Albert Vila (Modern Romance, Hofesh Schechter) and Nano Gonzales (Director of Duende Percussion).
A big thank you also to everyone who came down, your positive feedback and enthusiasm is much appreciated.
The Royal Academy of Dance
With over 13,000 members' spread across 79 countries, The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world.
Percussity closed off a successful 2 week percussion workshop at RAD (London) this July. We would like to thank everyone there for organising such a brilliant summer school.
Visit www.rad.org.uk to find out more.
The Academy's patron is HM Queen Elizabeth II. RAD Membership supports the advancement of dance and includes professional dancers, students, teachers, benefactors and friends.
The Royal Academy of Dance has 8 purpose-built studios in Battersea.
Established in 1920, to improve standards and re-invigorate dance training initially within the UK, the Academy helps and encourages its teachers to perfect their teaching skills and pass on this knowledge to their students.
There are currently over 1,000 students in full-time or part-time teacher training programmes with the Academy and each year, the examination syllabus is taught to more than a quarter of a million students worldwide.
The Academy maintains close links with all those involved in the industry, at every level. From the internationally recognised 'Faculty of Education' degree programmes to those younger students participating in our summer schools. At whatever age or stage, anyone with an appreciation of classical ballet and jazz is able to participate in the work of the Academy.
Hofesh Shechter Company
Percussity took part in an exciting music and dance project directed by Hofesh Shechter, one of the UK’s hottest young choreographers. His work was recently seen by millions of viewers when he was commissioned to choreograph the opening dance sequence for E4’s hit TV series Skins.
Presented in a live gig setting, this special collaboration between Sadler’s Wells and the Roundhouse brings together 16 dancers and 20 musicians for The Choreographer's Cut - an intense experience that pitches the highly acclaimed dance works "In Your Rooms" and "Uprising" against a percussive mash-up of rock, electro and classical sounds.
"A performance of truly extraordinary beauty and profundity - it's probably the most important new dance-work to be created in Britain since the millennium" Observer
"The work is choreographed with such verve that its effect is almost ecstatic... it is an arrestingly powerful piece" Guardian
