Drum Killah by Blake Fleming

DRUM KILLAH, by Blake Fleming is an anthemic drum and percussion based album. Working with various acoustic drum treatments, tuning and gain stages, using only one or two mics, various drums and percussion and an old Fostex 4-track, DRUM KILLAH further explores the tension between clean and distorted drums sounds, improvisation and composition.

Blake plays all drums, percussion and Farfisa.


Blake Fleming is a percussionist known for his involvement with several influential experimental bands and has recently written his first book, The Book of Rhythm, an unprecedented collection of 5,096 meticulously organized rhythms for all instruments. His drumming has been written about in such major publications as The New York Times, NPR.com, Spin, Rolling Stone, MOJO, Modern Drummer, DRUM!, Dangerous Minds, and Pitchfork. He was included in SPIN’s 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music and has recorded and toured extensively, working with luminaries in the jazz, rock and avant-garde worlds. Alongside a variety of studio work, he also enjoys teaching students worldwide with live online lessons and is an adjunct professor at The State University of New York at Oneonta.

“There’s a false idea, in music generally and in drumming specifically, that chops and technique are somehow antithetical to raw passion and creativity. That might be true when it comes to lesser musicians, but a player like Blake Fleming proves that the total package is in fact possible. He is simultaneously one of the most scarily brutal drummers I’ve ever witnessed behind a kit, and also one of the most learned about his art form that I know."
-Hank Shteamer, Senior Music Editor, Rolling Stone

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

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