Groundbreaking drummer Tony Allen, who helped create the sounds of jazz-influenced African music style Afrobeat, has laid down drum track album ‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’ with drum sample library expert Drumdrops.
‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’ is the first sample library bringing Tony into play, the 23 Afrobeat drum tracks exclusively available from Drumdrops as multi-tracks, stems and loops that are used by composers, arrangers, performers and producers to create music.
Recorded and mixed by engineer Steve Sedgwick at west London facility Studio13, ‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’ incorporates influences from Tony’s drumming in Fela Kuti’s band Africa 70.
“He hits the drums really quietly, that’s something you notice when you first hear him playing and he just gets a really nice tone out of the drums,” explains Steve. “Whereas a lot of people might think you have to hit the drums really hard to get a bigger sound, it’s kind of the opposite often that the harder you hit them they just kind of become thinner. So he plays really softly but he just really makes the drums sing.”
Visit www.drumdrops.com to buy and download ‘Tony Allen’s Afro Drops’.
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