Drumsing

Drumsing
Origin	Linz, Austria
Genres	Pop, Latin American music
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Andrew Edge
Members
Andrew Edge & Judy Klausner

Drumsing is a duo of musicians featuring Andrew Edge and Josef 'Judy' Klausner. The duo perform with percussion and vocals, and no other musical instruments. Drumsing was formed in Linz, Austria, in 2008. It took two years to write songs and record their first CD, which was released in Austria, in 2011.

Background

Edge is a musician from Leeds, England. After playing in local bands, he moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula (with singer David Lloyd ), who released three singles (on Arista Records) and later supported Big Country on a tour of Britain. Edge then joined Savage Progress, who supported the Thompson Twins on a tour of Britain in 1984, and in the same year embarked on a tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, to support their album and single releases there.^[1] Edge moved to Linz, Austria in the late 1980s, forming the band YOYO; signing a record contract with EMI records in Vienna.^[2][3] Edge later worked with Robert Ponger, who was the former producer of Falco.^[4][5] Edge's collaboration with Ponger lasted three years, although Edge only used two songs (from 12 demo songs) for his solo CD on BMG records (Austria) called Northern Sky (1996).^[6][7][8][9]

Klausner was born in Linz, Austria, and in 1987 took classes in African and Brazilian music at the ISP (International School of Percussion) in Munich, Germany. He later studied under Nippy Noya, from Amsterdam, and Karl Potter (USA), and participated in a masterclass with Billy Cobham, in Germany. In1990, he travelled for the first time to Havana, Cuba, and attended the Ignacio Cervantes music school. In 1994, he played a concert in Holland with Dutch percussionist Martin Verdonk, and Armando Peraza (from Carlos Santana's Band).^[10] Klausner also works with flamenco guitarist Stefan Brixel, playing concerts across Europe.^[11][12] He also works with his own formations, known as Judy Klausner & Friends,^[13] as well as holding regular percussion workshops.^[14][15]

Drumsing

Edge first met Austrian-born Klausner when he moved to Austria in the late 1980s. They worked sporadically together in various formats, until deciding to record a CD that would feature purely percussion instruments and vocals. Klausner then recorded various South American rhythms at the CCP studio in Linz, with Claus Prellinger as engineer.^[16] Edge later composed songs over the basic tracks, but all all the melodies had to follow the tuning of the congas and percussion.

Notes

1. ^ "Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records)". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20080313105637/http://www.discogs.com/label/Ten+Records+Ltd.+(10+Records). Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
2. ^ "YOYO releases". SRA. 1990. http://www.sra.at/record/4026. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
3. ^ "Künstlerinnen und Künstler Linzfest 1991" (in German). Linz Kultur. 1991. http://www.linz.at/kultur/2656.asp. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
4. ^ "Ponger as Producer". Austriancharts. http://www.austriancharts.at/showperson.asp?name=Robert+Ponger. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
5. ^ Cash Box Top 100 4/23/83.
6. ^ "Andrew Edge northern sky". Musik Sammler. http://www.musik-sammler.de/media/61687. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
7. ^ "Andrew Edge / northern sky". AZ. http://daz.com/releases/Andrew%20Edge/northern%20sky.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
8. ^ Lichtenburger, Bernhard (1996-10-15). "Der bewegte Sänger" (in German). OÖN. http://www.nachrichten.at/archiv?query=-shlyc:client/ooenalt/ooen/j1996/neu/q4/m10/t15/ph/s006/004_001.dcs&ausgabe=H/Hauptausgabe&datum=15.10.1996&seite=006&set=4. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
9. ^ Northern Sky, by Andrew Edge, CD Liner notes (1996, BMG Records, Austria, 4321-37102-2)
10. ^ "Biography". Judy Klausner. http://www.judyklausner.com/biography.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "Current Concerts & Workshops". Mac. http://web.mac.com/sbrixel/Fingerstyle_Guitar/On-Stage.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
12. ^ "References". Mac. http://web.mac.com/sbrixel/Fingerstyle_Guitar/References.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
13. ^ "Bandstand - Programme June 2009". City of Linz. http://www.linz.at/kultur/39079.asp. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
14. ^ "Ö1 Kalendar". ÖRF (Austrian State TV). http://oe1kalender.orf.at/index.php/show,74043,setnotify,on. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
15. ^ "APRIL 2009 Monatsprogramm" (in German). hiphop. http://www.hiphop.at/forum/jams-konzerte-und-parties/posthof-linz-monatsprogramm-april-2009-poetry-slam-l-20267.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
16. ^ "CCP Homepage". CCP. http://ccpcom.window.hl-users.com/ccprecords/index1.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 

External links

• "Live auf Samstag", Austrian TV.
• Edge, Angels in the Orchestra