{"product_id":"reina-ubangi-djembe","title":"Reina-Ubangi Djembe (SP)-V\/M\/P","description":"Although of Spanish nationality, and since 2002 also Dutch, I was born and raised in a former Spanish colony in West Africa called Equatorial Guinea. There I grew up listening to a strange mixture of early Stravinsky, Bartók, flamenco and a wide variety of African drumming and singing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis combination, from both musical and existential viewpoints, probably shaped my exploration, years later, of non-western cultures, my taste for a music without frontiers or boundaries, as well as my inclination for writing music for percussion and percussive music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUbangi is the name of an instrument that I encountered in my native country and Djembe has become almost a symbol of African drum at this point. The title was and is in fact a tribute to my very African roots. In this composition I travel through the polyrhythms, memories and 'flavours' of the African continent - from the deserts of Morocco where Arabic melodies are harmonised with very dissonant chords, to the jungle of Equatorial Guinea whose sounds I can still hear.\u003cbr\u003e- Rafael Reina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Players: 6\u003cbr\u003eDifficulty: Advanced\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 1: 4 Timpani, 3 wood-blocks, bell, cymbal, triangle\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 2: Marimba (4.3 octave), floor tom, tambourine, 5 temple blocks, 2 maracas\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 3: Vibraphone, bass drum, guiro, cymbal\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 4: Floor tom, hi-hat, cabasa, 2 castanets, 2 snare drums, anvil\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 5: 4 Tom-toms, 3 gongs,  agogo\u003cbr\u003ePlayer 6: 3 Congas, 2 bongos, 2 timbales, clave, cowbell\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43807190515766,"sku":"REINAUBANGIDJEMBE","price":24.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/reina-ubangi-djembe","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}