Kemençe of the Black Sea africa hammer-on and harmonic

hammer-on and harmonic

some probably never sampled by anyone before

Sample recordings performed by Michał Górka and Wit Scheda from Daj Ognia

We worked with the excellent Mateusz Moś to record this

Kemençe of the Black Sea africa hammer-on and harmonicKemene of the Black Sea is a bowed string instrument which originated on the southern shore of the Black Sea. This is not the pear shaped "classical" kemene, but the long box shaped folk version. The instrument was sampled and programmed by Jordan Von Xerxes, who doesn't play it in the traditional style. While it can be used for traditional music, the way it's played also fits with the past few years Nordic trend of quietly played, intimately recorded