Satsuma biwa & African drum duo Gajin 雅人 - Reijin

Sorry for the poor sound quality; I recorded this with my mobile phone. Gajin is a duo consisting of myself on Satsuma biwa and my friend playing the African djembe (also known as the jimbay). His drum has a wooden head instead of the usual leather one which gives a very rich sound! Here we perform our song "Reijin" to a slideshow of Japanese art. Please leave your comments!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Modern
• Satsuma
• biwa
• 5-string
• Japanese
• lute
• traditional
• international
• djembe
• jimbay
• Gajin
• 雅人
• 現代
• 薩摩
• 琵琶
• 現代薩摩琵琶

[Gekneveld]

This is very inspiring music. I just love it. Added to favorites.

For me, the 'poor' quality adds to the global atmosphere. It gives a strange industrial feeling to the track. Reminds me of Muslimgauze, but better and without the dark background ;-).

[Obakedake]

@Gekneveld

Thank you for the comment!

[tsalagee]

sick track ma dudes, far fetched from the corners of earth, pullt togetha tight in this jam sess. ma dude. - bagus haha

[Obakedake]

thanks for the comment!

[Chichiri520]

I love the mix of the Biwa and Djembe. For some reason, the Djembe always brings a lot of energy and life.

[Obakedake]

Yes, at first I was unsure if it would be possible to play the biwa with the djembe, but I think they sound great together! I have to say that the drummer is excellent though... I love how he plays!

[clalmenara]

great energy



[victor1us]

i really like this

[asherasator]

Sounds raw & powerful, I'm gonna have to start recording on phones LOL. The melody is awesome

[echobunny]

Impressive! I enjoyed the combo of the two instruments!

[veryCLAZZI]

Sweet stuff. : )

[curiolily]

Wow, so cool! What an unexpected, but beautiful, combination.