Drumsing is a duo of musicians featuring
Andrew Edge
Andrew Edge (born David Andrew Edge) is a musician from Leeds, England. He moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula, who released three singles (on Arista Records) ...
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
Uropa Lula were a British pop group, consisting of David Lloyd (vocals and guitar), Allan Dias (bass guitar), Pete Fromm (keyboards), Andrew Edge (drums/percussion), Chester Kamen (guitar), and Carol Isaacs (keyboards). The group were manag ...
(with singer
David Lloyd), who released three singles (on
Arista Records
Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...
) 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.
Edge moved to Linz, Austria in the late 1980s, forming the band YOYO; signing a record contract with
EMI records in Vienna.
Edge later worked with
Robert Ponger, who was the former producer of
Falco.
Edge's collaboration with Ponger lasted three years, although Edge only used two songs (from 12 demo songs) for his solo CD on BMG BMG may refer to:
Organizations
* Music publishing companies:
** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008
*** Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ...
records (Austria) called ''Northern Sky'' (1996).[''Northern Sky'', by Andrew Edge, CD Liner notes (1996, BMG Records, Austria, 4321-37102-2)]
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
Nippy Noya (born 27 February 1946) is an Indonesian, Netherlands-based percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, kalimba, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shekere, caxixi, triangle and the berimbau.
History
Son of Japanese ...
, from Amsterdam, and Karl Potter (USA), and participated in a masterclass with Billy Cobham, in Germany. In 1990, he travelled for the first time to Havana, Cuba, and attended the Ignacio Cervantes music school. In 1994, he played a concert in the Netherlands with Dutch percussionist Martin Verdonk, and Armando Peraza (from Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...
's Band).
Formation
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.
Notes
External links
"Live auf Samstag", Austrian TV.Edge, ''Angels in the Orchestra''
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Austrian musical duos
Pop music duos
Male musical duos
Musical groups established in 2008