Drums United China Tour

Drums United China Tour

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Drums United’s Dynamic Connection and World Percussion 

DRUMS UNITED 荷兰打击乐中国巡演

African drums, Dance, Hip Hop, Indian tabla’s, Cuban rumba’s and much more. It all comes together in Drums Uniteds thrilling new show Worldbeat!

Drums United is an explosive and exciting world-percussion group led by drummer Lucas van Merwijk, that brings together rhythms and percussionists from all directions.

Sticks dance, palms fly, drums talk. It’s a percussive, stirring statement that sways between lyrical and funky, between full-on boom and perfectly tuned tap, between continents and languages. 

In constant motion, Holland’s multicultural drum masters Drums United are rock-solid, light-hearted performers with a riveting ability to translate rhythm into charismatic presence and to interweave the pounding pulse of six different countries and cultures. On their latest album Heartbeat and now on their first major North American tour, Drums United bring their carefully crafted, energetically explored mix of rhythms, instruments, and voices from around the planet to Calgary, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh. The group will also be heading south to Mexico City, and Bogotá and Medellin, Colombia on this spring tour. 

The Dutch percussion supergroup includes musicians from Europe, West Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and South America. Each technically stunning in their own right, the players know how to blend complex interlocking patterns, span seemingly impossible differences, and still have such a good time on stage, audiences from Mexico to Bulgaria just can’t sit still. 

Their powerful connection with each other and their audiences stems from a shared source, the rhythms that resonate worldwide. “There are certain patterns you find all over the world, in Eastern Europe, Spain, South America, or Africa,” explains group founder and globally minded drummer Lucas Van Merwijk. “Depending on the importance it has in a certain rhythm, it changes name. But everyone feels these patterns, like they feel their own pulse.” 

 

Members

Lucas van Merwijk (The Netherlands) • Drums & percussion 

Alper Kerkeç (Turkey) • Oriental percussion 

Simone Sou (Brasil) • Brazilian percussion 

Gianna Tam (Surinam) • Drums, percussion & vocals 

Afra Mussawisadeh (Iran) • Electronics & oriental percussion 

Marco Toro (Venezuela) • Latin percussion 

Moussé Pathé (Senegal) • African percussion


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(This performance tour is supported by Fondspodiumkusten)