Lucas van Merwijk • Percussionists • drum solo’s • Drums United

Van Merwijk’s drum book ’World Beat’ World Rhythms for Drum Set now available in the iBooks Stores Drums United is an explosive and exciting world-percussion group led by drummer Lucas van Merwijk, that brings together rhythms and percussionists from all directions. Drums United is made up of nine percussionists, from seven different countries, Bangladesh, Senegal, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Surinam and Venezuela, and is much more than just a drum group. Its a smoking live band that not only gives the audience an opportunity of listening and watching top players, but also imparts the underlying message that people from widely varying natinalities can work well together. On both its previous show World of Rhythm and the current Ritmo Inferno the group mixes African, Latin, Spanish and Indian drum traditions with western drumming, utilizing contemporary electronic options open to the DJ. Since its inception in 2002
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