{"id":14759,"date":"2019-04-11T11:53:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2019-04-11T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:53:28","slug":"watch-the-new-video-for-laurence-pikes-drum-chant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=14759","title":{"rendered":"Watch the new video for Laurence Pike’s ‘Drum Chant’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had already heard and loved ‘Drum Chant’, the lead single from Laurence Pike<\/a>\u00b4s much anticipated upcoming album Holy Spring<\/em>. Now the inventive percussionist and composer has unveiled a fascinating video to accompany the track, directed by Clemens Habicht. \u201cClemens has physically tracked the ends of my drum mallets while I perform to create what you might describe as visual music,” explained Laurence. “For me it\u2019s in the finest tradition of the experimental films of artists such as Norman McClaren or Len Lye.”<\/p>\n

Clemens had this to say about it:<\/p>\n

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\u201dWatching Laurence perform I found myself focusing on the round white mallet ends as if they were objects all of their own, separated from their sticks they became bouncing balls feverishly racing over the drums in a frenzy made all the more astonishing by their impossible precision at such speed.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Watch the video for ‘Drum Chant’ now.
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