Afro-Cuban and Afro-Haitian folkloric and other Caribbean/Latin musics, Concert Marimba, Contemporary Classical, many varieties of Jazz, and of course, Di'Anno era Maiden.
The Marassa Duo brings together a wide variety of percussion styles and musical genres into a concise and unified whole. The duo's original programming provides a unique chamber setting that includes elements of traditional concert music, world music, mallet percussion, contemporary classical and jazz. The duo combines the talents of James Armstrong, a performer specializing in Afro-Cuban and West African folkloric music and Nicholas Papador, a performer specializing in marimba as well as contemporary and orchestral concert music. The result is a ground breaking and exciting chamber music that opens new musical worlds to its audiences.
The duo takes its name from the Marassa Twins, divine twins of the Haitian Vodou tradition who speak to us of twin souls that find each other lifetime after lifetime to interact as their karma dictates. Also exemplifying the belief of opposition and duality within the mortal world, the Marassa Twins constitute one of the more perplexing entities of the Haitian religion, beginning with the point that there are sometimes three of them. As anthropologist Maya Deren wrote, "In Vodoun, one and one make three." The Marassa are immensely powerful and are often interpreted as the affirmation of cosmic unity."
Every time that we listen or write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... Something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... Something is healing all over...
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I call it funky-folk w/ the soul of blues-rock, ...but you ask "what does it sound like on electric guitar and djembe percussion, hmmmm?" Philly ...can’t wait to share-
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Thanks for finding me! I love the beautiful tone colours you generate from just 2 percussionists. Only one problem, you're not Flyers fans, are you? Let's go Leafs:)!!
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