Percussion recordings

[FreakAnimalFinland]

It was brought up in some discussion about metal junk, that it's  a shame how little metal is used as "traditional" percussion element. Not only that it would be looped samples or the most basic oil-drum hits. Some probably consider this as kind of relic of the vintage industrial music, yet I think it would be as foolish to consider "percussion" out-dated as it would be to think drums have no place in music.

I was just listening Iannis Xenakis "pleiades - les percussion de strasbourg". It is just percussion. Well, "just" not meaning its somehow inferior. Polyrhythmic methods and various type of elements used as sources give it plenty of layers to follow and sounds to interact with eachother. It suddenly appears to me, to think, hasn't this easy things been done within noise? There are few standard military beats and few semi-tribal trance-like patterns, but apart of Z'ev, I wonder the existence of multi-layers polyrhythmic noise percussion without usage of machines?

Anyways, I'm not discriminating. I'm more than welcoming "trad" percussions as well, if they are done well.

[icepick method]

Would Dissecting Table's old stuff count? It's heavily influenced by taiko drumming groups. Like if you replaced every member of Kodo with oil drums and scrap metal. Even elements in the music that aren't drums still play a percussive element. Especially the vocals. Ichiro's barking is almost exclusively single syllable hits. In some songs I think piano keys are being struck in more a percussive fashion than as to play any kind of melody.

[bogskaggmannen]

I remember the Daniel Menche CD on that norwegian label being quite intriguing, with its focus on different kinds of trance-like drumming shifting in and out of each other.

[tiny_tove]

John Murphy has quite an extensive experience of using metallic percussions in traditional sense.

[Steve]

Check out Tools You Can Trust. Don't know how easy it is to get their stuff anymore, but if you see the 7"'s going cheap - buy!

[SKY BURIAL]

Nether industrial nor noise but Kodo (traditional Japanese taiko drumming) is probably my favorite percussive "act" ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka0ULO1szE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOUi5fDm0KE


As far as metal goes, probably not the first thing that comes to mind but gamelan music is another favorite. Spent quite a few nights at gamelan performances in Bali the few times I visited there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc

[FiEND]

popular with the jazz nerds, but Gamelan music should  be mentioned.

[icepick method]

Nether industrial nor noise but Kodo (traditional Japanese taiko drumming) is probably my favorite percussive "act" ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka0ULO1szE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOUi5fDm0KE

We've got a local taiko group, Fushu Daiko. Though not as huge or theatrical as Kodo it's still powerful stuff. Probably going to see them play friday night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9Ss6AIGPY

[post-morten]

Check out Tools You Can Trust. Don't know how easy it is to get their stuff anymore, but if you see the 7"'s going cheap - buy!

I always thought these guys were the missing link between Nitzer Ebb and Neubauten. There's a 12" that conveniently collects their classic singles. Whatever became of the members? Would be cool to have one of those ALAP retrospective articles on them.