Drums of Bronx

the Drums of Bronx is a group of urban percussions French.

The Drums of Bronx, they are 17 musicians on scene, using synthetic sounds , Sample S and Chant S, with the service of rhythmic powerful. They built their reputation by striking cans an energetic music mixing undue, Afrobeat, Rock, and Techno.

This subtle mixture did of them one of the international references in experimental percussions and industrial Musique. Born in 1987, the group was success thanks to a powerful and controlled rhythmic choreography.

History

The Drums of Bronx were born in 1987 with Varennes-Vauzelles, commune adjacent with Nevers, Nievre (58), in France. Their name comes from a district of Varennes-Vauzelles called “the Bronx ” for its squaring of streets and its alignments of identical houses, of dark color. This district was then inhabited in majority by the workmen of the workshops of the SNCF, from which the first cans used by the TDB come.

Their first service was to be only one single event, within the framework of the Nevers festival in Vif.

20 years later, they occurred with the the United States, with the Brésil, the United Arab Emirates, the Morocco, in Tunisia, Greece, with the Réunion, Djibouti, in Slovenia and in all the Western Europe, with key periods the such procession on the Fields-Élysées at the time of the bicentenary of the French revolution for Jean Paul Goude in 1989, the first part of Johnny Hallyday under the Eiffel Tower for his 40 years of career, six weeks of round through the USA in 2000, the Sziget Festival in first part of KoЯn to Budapest in 2005, the Festival of Roskilde in first part of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin in Denmark in 1992 and 1995, the Stade de France in 2006, etc

In 1992, they recorded even under the aegis of Philippe Poustis, with a Bulgarian philharmonic orchestra and voices a single album in its kind, " Large Mix" (FNAC Music).

On the whole, the group occurred for approximately: 1000 concerts, breakable: 15000 cans and: 100000 mailloches and having counted more than 100 musicians in its rows in 20 years of existence.

This company of musicians also made to the choice of the self-production via the limited liability company Drums of Bronx Productions. They are distributed by the French independent label Naïve Records, to which they in particular left a first DVD in March 2006.

Frequent questions

the cans used since the beginnings are MONOSTRESS of 225l, selected for their resonance and their flexibility. They are received rough by Semi-remorque, then painted by the TDB in their buildings. A can makes two concerts, one by face. It finishes given to the public at the time of the second concert.

the mailloches are in beech and measure 40cm length, for 3cm of diameter. A musician breaks about 2 pairs per concert of them. At the beginnings of the TDB, they were obtained by sawing handles of pickaxe. They are now delivered by pallets.
There are 14 cans on scene, 2 musicians with the stands with samples, and 1 with electro. A singer, even two, accompany certain pieces. The arc of circle of the cans is divided into 3 parts called “Base”, “Medium” and “Rhythmic”.

The electronic sounds, started by the metal stands of tubes, arrived in the middle of the Années 1990. Before this time, the concerts were only acoustic, with a manpower which can reach nearly 25 people on scene. The current set always preserves a few pieces of pure can. It is still able at the group to occur in acoustics with a set of 20mn, contrary to the complete set, which exceeds 1:30.

The advanced sound tablecloths, as well as the melodies of various instruments, arrived in 2003, with the album Stereostress Remixes . This made it possible the group to explore other musical styles, while keeping its industrial roots. An additional musician, dedicated to this complex machinery, is present on scene since this date.

Anecdotes

the Drums of Bronx are present in the video game Sim City like in the board game Trivial Pursuit;
the Drums of Bronx are at the origin of the credits of the week of the puppets on Canal+ since 1997;
the Drums of Bronx played in many strange places a such vault, on a skating rink, in the desert of Dubai, at the bottom of a swimming pool, under the Eiffel tower, in a career, a mine, in factories, on the roof of a building, on water, in snow, in the forest, on the beach, buses, a barge, in Roman amphitheaters, inter alia medieval fortresses and citadels;
3 members of the Drums of Bronx (Dom, Sid and Cécé) founded the group of Metal hardcore BENSOUSSAN, accompanied by an external beater.
the Drums of Bronx launched in July 2007 BRONX TV, an accessible chain via Freebox TV PERSO, which diffuses their concerts in loop.

Current team

Manager: Yvan DOIRIEUX
general Manager: Ludovic the MAPIHAN (Map)
Governed technical: Dominique GAUDEAUX (Dom)
Turner: FOLLOW ME
Its frontage: Sebastien GUICHARD (the Strawberry)
His returns: Jerome CARTIER (Djé)
Governed light: François HIBON
Samples & electro: Yann LAVOCAT
Musicians: Cécé, Dédé, Nono, Nini, Franky, Romi, Sid, Dom, Chris, Luc, Jean-Marc, Thierry, Julien, Kouskous, Johnny, Podz, Babass

Discography

That does not sound beautiful a can? (1989)
Monostress 225L (1992)
Grandmix (1992)
Silence (November 1999)
Live (October 2001)
Stereostress Remixes (April 2003)
DVD Live (March 2006)
BRONX Live (November 2006)

External bonds

Official site
Drums of Bronx in concert to the Attic with Sounds of Cavaillon (Photographs: Patrick Denis - May 2007)

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