The Udu drum, Sounds from the heart of earth.

Resonando - Chapter 1 The udu Drum, has its origins from the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, where women create and play as ceremonial drums. The principle, is very simple; two holes on a clay pot. The sound will be afected by 5 caracteristics: The clay or material. Manufactturing technic. The bake time and temperature. The internal volumen and shape. The technic of the musician. Resonando, is a research project on specific musical instruments, that merge modern and ancient music. more info www.resonandogt.com Credits: Dirección y Producción Manuel Avila (Chelelongius) Carol Avila (Carolingius) Dirección de Fotografía Manuel Avila (Chelelongius) Grabación de sonido en sección Como Suenan y masterización general. Diego Alvarado (cepi), La Rockolita. Grabación de 2da cámara en Como Suenan Diane E. Phillips Post Producción Angel Cordon (El mono) Música: Ry Cooder- Feeling bad blues Anoushka Shankar- Player in passing The Doors- Soul Kitchen Radiohead- The national anthem Brad Mehldau and Mark Guilliana- You cant go back now Baba Gris- De la tierra hacia el mar Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov- Flight of the bumblebee Zakir Hussain- nines over easy Maestro ceramista: Carlos Chaclán Udu maker 1: Frank Giorgini Artesano de Totonicapan- Don Carlos Udu maker 2: Ingleton Pottery Ceramista Chinautla:Doña María Luthier Chelelongius Udu player 1: David Kuckhermann Udu player 2: Renato Martins Udu player 3: Nadishana Udu player 4: Chamo Suarez