What kind of drums are these in this killing joke track?

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:01 pm

What is the name of this type of drum/percussion used in this killing joke track?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE4uJUK5qzE

You can hear them filling in the background complimenting the main beat from the get go, but they really kick in around 1:35 - clack clack clacka diga diga clicka clacka...

Very metallic, almost clangy sound - like a bunch of cowbells or something. It sounds so awesome, I'm just curious what in the hell it is. I'm sure it's something really simple that someone here knows.

Killer video to boot.

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:06 pm

Sounds like a bongo played with sticks to my ears. (from a drummer's POV at least!)

robfoster · Post by **robfoster** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:14 pm

Sounds a bit ethnic to me, i havent a clue what they are called though

Emissary · Post by **Emissary** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:30 pm

Yeah they sound like them indian drums that go diggq duccka diggle, i like them too, look up indian percussion.

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:40 pm

Ahh, thanks for the responses.

I think they are tablas.

robfoster · Post by **robfoster** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:46 pm

smutek wrote:Ahh, thanks for the responses.

I think they are tablas.

my tables dont sound like that, shit i cant read, and that's not funny, night night

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwVbPnO5n3I

Yeah, I think they are tablas, hear the higher pitches?

robfoster · Post by **robfoster** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:58 am

I think youre right, my ears, as was the rest of me were a little drunk last night

freshdrumma · Post by **freshdrumma** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:04 am

it's not tabla, it's a darbuka, or dumbek 99% sure about it

crofter · Post by **crofter** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:17 am

freshdrumma wrote:it's not tabla, it's a darbuka, or dumbek 99% sure about it

I concur, Darbuka in my estimation,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oelvH90V ... re=related

ikeaboy · Post by **ikeaboy** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:30 am

Hey somebody on this board worked with Killing Joke, an Aussie I think, Pitch Black maybe??

Yeah sounds like tablas

necho · Post by **necho** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:58 am

Mr Youth does have a thing for the darbouka...

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:40 pm

It is most probably darabuka.
There are some Indian drums with similar sound- like nagara, high pitched dholak, dhol and more. Also south Indian Thavil has sound of the sort. Such sounds are not difficult to emulate (perhaps except Thavil) through adjusting pitch and playing technique.
See the video where Sivamani emulates Bhangra dhols on timbales (@ around 1:30). There is also the bad boy Palanivel on the Thavil, worth checking out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNSt46AfIG8
BTW. It is Tabla not tablas and it is definitely not present in the recording- unlike above mentioned, Tabla cant be emulated on anything due to rather complex of sound, just like mrdanga).

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:53 pm

Thanks rikhyray, both for the info and for the clarification on Tabla vs. "tablas"

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:42 pm

ikeaboy wrote:Hey somebody on this board worked with Killing Joke, an Aussie I think, Pitch Black maybe??

**creeeeeeeaaaaaaaaakk**

you raaaang?

I don't know what those drums are called, but Jaz Coleman has done a heap of collaborations with Arab, especially Egyptian, musicians. It could be Hossam Ramzy the master Egyptian percussionist, who Jaz has worked with quite a few times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossam_Ramzy

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