Current members of the group include:
Tosin - drums/vocals/percussion; Cheikh Ndoye/Tyler "Passion" Sherman - bass; Ben Bokor - saxophones; Hope Udobi/Steve Keyz - keyboards/piano; Jumbo Ane - trumpet/flugel horn; Emem - vocals
Fela Sowande, Babatunde Olatunji, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Bobby McFerrin, Wole Soyinka, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Stewart, Dennis Chambers, Sade, traditional African drummers, and any great songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer.
Sounds Like
African Tribal Drummer; M.A.D. - Modern African Drummer; Afrobeat/Gospel/Jazz/Motherlan' Music.
As a composer and leader of his own group, Afrikan Rhapsody, the Nigerian drummer – Tosin Aribisala – has launched out another album to his credit. Having performed, recorded and toured with such mainstream acts like Julie Dexter, Femi Kuti, Talib Kwali, Taj Mahal, D’Angelo and Yerba Buena, to name a few, Tosin has fully come into his own with his second album, “Mean What U Say – Da Drum Monologue Project”, which is a follow-up to his successful debut, "What's On Your Mind".
Drum Monologue Project
The brainchild of Tosin Aribisala, “drum monologue” is an expression of polyrhythmic, groovy, lyrical and melodic phrases on the drumset.
The elements of the monologue include the lyrical and groovy patterns that are specific to the Nigerian (Yoruba) percussion instrument called gangan - the “talking drum”; plus the fusion of jazz techniques for the creation of a hybrid musical texture.
Other features of the drum monologue are choral embellishments with a voice ensemble and also a percussion ensemble. These nuances produce an exciting and inspiring orchestration - an amalgamation of cross-cultural influences that adds color and beauty to the whole performance.
HOLA, ¿TE GUSTARÍA SER SOCIO DE LA asoción DE músicos africanos en ESPAÑA? MANDAME TÚ email para mandarte una invitación. SUERTE Y VIVA LA MÚSICA. MI email es: papaikot@yahoo.com ó papaikot@gmail.com
With Love and respect, thanx for the myspace friend add! Come hear some of the poetry on my page, let me know what U think as well and keep doin UR thing as I do the same my way. Until the next...
Good news, TOSIN! The study book ONE DROP DRUMMING is out now. It gives transcriptions of Carlton Barrett's original drum sheets, many exercises to study Carly's great reggae drumming and tons of Carly's original patterns recorded. For drum samples and further information go to ONE DROP DRUMMING. One Heart, Dengue Félix
