Vulcan Instrument, A new comer to our family

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Vulcan Instrument, A new comer to our family

As you may know, Kita Pantam is one of the biggest handpan producers around the world with currently making more than 130 instruments monthly. Our focus is on making high quality pantams with fair prices for everyone, however in this article, we want to introduce a new product that is recently added to our portfolio, “VULCAN Over Tone TOUGUE DRUM”. It is made in our sister company, “VULCAN INSTRUMENT” by one of the best Kita tuners.

Tongue Drum
Tongue Drum

If you’re still unfamiliar with tongue drums and its differences with handpans, we suggest that you read Handpan Vs Tongue Drum, which goes through a brief comparison between these 2 instruments.

Vulcan Tongue Drums come in different ranges for different tastes, from scale to color. It is noticeable that Vulcan steel tongue drums are completely tested by our quality supervisor and are guaranteed to provide high quality experience for its players. Like handpans, tongue drums also come in different scales such as HIJAZ, HARMONIC MINOR, INTEGRAL, SALADIN and etc. besides, they come in a wide range of designs and colors that are presented below.

Vulcan tongue drums are commonly designed with 9 notes made on 18 inches heat treated carbon steel material. Our brand-new tongue drums come in series with a specific name and characteristics. Below are some of our most famous series.

Silver Series

Numa Series

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Top 20 Handpan Players Every Player Should Know (Alphabetical Order)

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Top 20 Handpan Players Every Player Should Know

Top 20 Handpan Players Every Player Should Know (Alphabetical Order)

Adrian J Portia

professional drummer/percussionist

About

professional drummer/percussionist based in melbourne australia.
Adrian started playing the drums from the age of 10 and touring the country in his father’s band at 12 years of age. Performing every week he gained a lot of experience in his younger years, which helped him become the musician he is today.

Alexandre Lora

Handpan - Pantam player / percussionist / composer

About

Grammy nominated artist in 2017, running for “Best World Music Album” category, with Anat Cohen and Trio Brasileiro: “Rosa dos Ventos”.
Member of Trio Brasileiro, Caraivana group and Irmãos Lora project, Alexandre is constantly travelling to perform inside Brasil, in the US and Europe.

Archer & Tripp

Handpan players and Tearchers

About

Together, Archer & Tripp have over 20 years’ experience of playing handpan. Samantha’s classical training during her child and teenage years in piano, clarinet and vocals allowed her distinctive and instinctive sense for melody to flower into a skill for both improvisation and composition.

Dan Mulqueen

American multi-instrumentalist

About

Dan Mulqueen is an American multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey. Dan’s music is centered around an instrument called the “Handpan”, an instrument created in 2001 in Switzerland. This instrument allows the player to create a rh ythm and a melody simultaneously using only the hands. Determined to push the limits of music revolving around this instrument, Dan’s playing style is both beautifully melodic and intensely percussive.

David Charrier

multi-instrumentalist and Tutor

About

As a multi-instrumentalist, I’m passionate about rhythms and melodies. In 2004, I discovered the handpan, a unique ‘sound sculpture’ with enchanting tones. My study of this instrument and my desire to compose have allowed me to share my music throughout the world. Whether as a solo artist, part of a duo, or with a bigger group, I love to show my passion and help people to discover this instrument.

Francis Leclerc

Handpan player

About

Francis learned to open himself to new horizons over time and it is through multiple periods of introspection that he began the formation of his ideal. This brought a series of events that would change his daily life and guide him towards awakening. A personal awakening, but especially passionate. It was when he discovered handpan that he knew music would guide his life.

Gabriele Pollina

Handpan player and drummer

About

Gabriele Pollina is a Handpan player and drummer from Italy. His music style combines Handpan Music and electronic beats played live with percussive electro pedals. In 2016 he started a music trip throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, during this journey he has had the possibility to discover and be influenced by different musical cultures and styles, playing with multiple musicians around the world.

Jacob Cole

professional musician, drummer, teacher, world percussionist

About

The way he introduces himself: “I’m a professional musician, drummer, teacher, world percussionist and proud father, rooted in Northeast Pa, I’ve been playing music since the age of 7 and have been teaching for over 10 years.  I’m a Berklee College of Music grad and have had the incredible opportunity to play with some of the finest musicians.  I hope I can either inspire or move you through my music.  Music is my way to meditate & give back to this world, it’s my soul’s gift.  I love to perform and teach others to do the same.”

Jeremy Nattagh

multi-instrumentalist

About

Multi-instrumentalist and ingenious of sound, Jérémy Nattagh has brought together all his influences and experiences in a unique show, Panoramic. Surrounded by his 4 hangs and his drums played on the feet, he will take you into the intoxication of ethnic grooves, acoustic trance and the lyricism of his compositions.

Kabecao

Inspirational Handpan Player. Teacher.

About

exploring music and sound with his unique, poetic, and percussive style, he pushed forward the art form and extended the musical universe of handpans/pantams.

He was a boy when, with percussions and rhythm, Kabeção fell in love for sound exploring. Self-taught, he never stopped since then to experiment different types of instruments – from strings to woodwinds – combining eclectic influences and his very personal approach to sound into powerful music. 

Laura Inserra

sound alchemist

About

Laura Inserra is a sound alchemist. She lives and creates at the confluence of music from around the globe, wisdom practices, and cutting-edge technology. Her career has had many facets —  multi-instrumentalist, music teachersound therapistcomposer, and producer.

Laurent Sureau

Handpan Player, Percussionist, Multi-instrumentalist, Teacher

About

Aurent grew up in a musical family and his passion for music started early. He began learning piano at the age of 6, then expanded his range of skills by studying percussion: classic and contemporary first (timpani, vibraphone, etc.), then drums from various continents (congas, cajon, West African balafon) and drums, chromatic balafon, Hang and handpans.

Marcel Hutter

musician and handpan player

About

As he says: “I am a musician and handpan player from Linz (located in Austria/Europe).” He got his first handpan in 2012 and because there was no one who could have taught him how to play at that time, he started self-learning. About this experience he always says that: “A completely new chapter of my life began, because of my (seemingly) endless passion for these instruments, and now I am travelling around the world while my collection of handpans is growing more and more.”

Mayiia

singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist

About

Mayiia is a German singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Her compositions move between jazz, pop, ambient and world music. Wide landscapes and moving surfaces that interweave and dissolve again.

Mumi

multi-instrumentalist, singer, handpan player

About

Mumi is an Italian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and above all else, a Handpan player and maker. Her musical path started when she was just five years old when she started training as a classical pianist. She delved further into music history and theory, graduating from a school of music.

Nadishana

multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound designer

About

Nadishana is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound designer from Siberia, who creates his own unique and innovative approach to world fusion music – the creative synthesis of different musical traditions of the world on the basis of contemporary technologies. He plays on more than 200 instruments of the world, including self-created ones.

Titouan Gautier

multi-instrumentalist

About

Handpan played solo, with Epock (beatbox), Ogma (harp) and others

Tom Vaylo

Handpan player

About

Tom Vaylo is an acoustic musician since his very young age (flute, saxophone, guitar, Handpan, percussions,…..) who then got into electronic music. In his quest for new ways of sharing his love for music, and taking the audience with him on a musical trip, he now mixes both, adding handpan playing to track living on stage, each track being inspired by one of his own travel.

Valerio Menon

Italian Handpan player, maker and tuner

About

Valerio Menon is an Italian Handpan player, maker and tuner based in Switzerland. So far, he played over 200 concerts in 12 different states, produced 3 cd’s (the last one also distributed in USA by AllAgainstOne Records) and since 2017 works, as a maker and tuner, for EchoSoundSculpture.

Waagal

multi-instrumentalist

About

Waagal can be called a “one man band” from multi-instrumentalist Erwann Texier-Harth. Guitar, didgeridoo, handpans, kashaka, kalimba and others instruments are played simultaneously to create a solo performance where the musician keeps pushing his limits. Drawing from music and cultures around the world, Waagal mix thousand-year-old sounds and innovating rhythms.

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