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First Sound Sound Of Human The Umbrella Revolution Until Sun 7 March Founding member of Pablo Percusso and the more recent electronic dance group The Bird, Ben Walsh has returned to Adelaide for his latest project, First Sound. Amid darkness there begins some lightly amplified pulsating beats, before Walsh appears beneath a single spotlight and for the next hour he energetically takes to an entire playground of conventional and homemade drums percussion instruments that range from gentle shakers to entire stacks of converted plastic barrels. Combining ancient and modern drumming techniques against a backdrop of contemporary electronica with tightly disciplined body movements and a minimal, yet smartly effective no frills light show provides an extravaganza of sight and sound that will blow you away. Darting from one instrument to the next, Walsh adeptly swaps over from the largest and loudest of his creations to the gentlest and most dulcet with ease. Switching from vertically set up bamboo and metal xylophones to a forty-four gallon metal drum or an assortment of candle lit glass kitchen bowls and a beautifully performed flute interlude, along with a lengthy, flawlessly timed medley of near every style imaginable on a standard drum kit, Walsh evidences his craft with amazing skill and undeniably addictive passion. A definite highlight. |
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