Displaying Music with the Tag: Drums

Borrowed Names

-Joel Laviolette

A generative musical piece that explores the randomness in letter to pitch transformations and finding beauty in that randomness.

Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful

Kufungira Matemai

-Joel Laviolette

I have been thinking about my teacher, mentor, and good friend Matemai who I have studied mbira with since 1998. He passed away in 2021 and this is a song based on the last mbira song I learned from him.

Tags:African, Drums, Full Band, Guitar, Mbira, Shona, Vocals, Zimbabwean

Standing Tall

-Joel Laviolette

Matepe music meets Zim-style Afrobeat. Recorded and originally released independently in 2009. Now available worldwide on Ecstatic Wave Records

Tags:African, Aggressive, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Full Band, Glitch, Guitar, Mbira, Shona, Vocals, Zimbabwean

Starfire

-Joel Laviolette

A tribe is chanting somewhere in the forest. You can't tell from the sound if they are miles away or only over the next hill. In any case, the music will guide you safely to them.

Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, DJ, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, IDM, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Pads, Rain, Sound Design

The Earth Loves You

-Joel Laviolette

Intricate synths and a bass interweave with sound design elements and percussion in this contemplative piece.

Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Full Band, Meditation, Odd Time Signature, Vocals, Wistful, World Music