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Tonbak with Pyrography

Posted on May 8th, 2010 by jsurba.
Categories: drums, music instruments, pyrography, video.

Tonbak with pneumatic tuning system: is made by David&Roman Drums, diameter 28 cm, length 80 cm

Pyrography – Julia Surba

Check out the sound and loock of the tonbak in action, played by David Kuckhermann

Video & editing – Vladiswar Nadishana

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Shamanic tunable Frame Drum with henna design

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, Kuzhebar, design, henna painting, music instruments, pyrography, video.

Shamanic tunable Frame Drum made from deer skin with henna design in traditional kuzhebarian style.

This drum is made by David Roman Drums and has a revolutionary tuning system, you can tune it with bicycle pump in seconds to any pitch! See video for details.

Henna design made by Kuzhebar Design Studio

This demonstration video made with help of David Kuckhermann

the price is 249 EUR

please ask by email for shipping price.

Other shamanic drums with customer henna design are also availiable!

you can optionally order the beater with pyrodesign:

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Kuzhebar shadow theater piece

Posted on December 4th, 2007 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, Kuzhebar, drums, music instruments, video.

Traditional Kuzhebar Shadow theater piece devoted to a winter solstice performed by Nadishana and Julia Surba at Maultrommel Festival, Leipzig.

A shadow play is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment. The performance involves the projection of light or fire on a white screen, on which performers use figures or puppets to produce shadows. It is popular in various cultures, f.e. in Indonesia, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Turkey, Persia and Greece.
In Ancient Kuzhebar the shadow theatre was usually a part of ritual celebrations such as solstice and moon rituals. Traditionally the shadow play was shown near the fire place inside a big frame drum (Buben, Tungur) and was synchronized with the drummer playing.
Here you can see a shadow theater piece devoted to a winter solstice.
Music : Vladiswar Nadishana
Shadow theater: Julia Surba
The aim of this project is to rebuild and to develope the kuzhebarian tradition of shadow theater.

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Sound Microsurgery Department and Kuzhebar Design on Maultrommel Festival (Leipzig) – Report.

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by jsurba.
Categories: Ancient Kuzhebar, Kuzhebar, design, music instruments, pyrography, video.

Video: Excerpts from Nadishana’s concert on the festival

We just came back from the 1st International Maultrommel Festival (Jew’s Harp Festival) which took part 23rd-25th Nov in Leipzig, Germany. That was exiting experience, we met a lot of enthusiastic people who loves this little instrument! They came

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Julia Surba: pyrography on frame drum in action

Posted on April 10th, 2007 by jsurba.
Categories: drums, music instruments, pyrography, video.

Dear friends! I´m happy to present you the result of creative cooperation of
different artists:
- great framedrum makers: David and Roman from David&Roman Percussion
- the amazing percussion palyer: David Kuckhermann
- the unique composer: Vladiswar Nadishana
and the pyrographer: me, Julia Surba

The result of our collaboration is a new tuneable frame drum with pyrography
design on it, which is awaken to its music life by David Kuckhermann. The
pyrography procecc was filmed and edited by Vladiswar Nadishana, who also
composed the song “Cae RO” which is used like a soundtrack to the film.
I think we all enjoyed our collaboration and now want to share this joy with
you. So, don´t waste the time: watch, listen, have fun!

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