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Jon Sterckx is a versatile and innovative percussionist with over 30 years of experience working with world percussion.
In his solo live sampling performances, Drumscapes, Jon skillfully brings percussion from across the globe together with 21st-century technology in a unique blend of rhythmic soundscapes, bouncy world rhythms, and high-energy drumming.
All instruments are played, sampled, mixed, and processed live on stage in a synthesis of traditional musicianship and live electronics. A unique blend of rhythmic soundscapes, bouncy world rhythms, and high-energy drumming.
As well as performing at venues, festivals, melas, and cultural events across the UK, Jon's Drumscapes performances have been profiled and featured by major music software company Ableton and have also been included in the global conference foundation, TED, with a performance at TEDxWarwick in 2012 and at TEDxBrum in 2016.
Jon has performed Drumscapes at melas, festivals, venues, and cultural events across the UK.
"Few percussionists, no matter how skilled, can captivate and keep an eager festival audience with a solo performance, but Jon Sterckx's stunning Drumscapes are a masterclass in control and rhythm that hook the audiences from the first beats and carry them through to an invariably ecstatic climax. Centered on the tabla, darabuka, and riq (a Middle Eastern tambourine), Jon combines beats and rhythms from across the globe with cutting-edge sampling and innovative vocal sculpting, building layered soundscapes that mix the experimental with the traditional and creating a uniquely intoxicating, exhilarating, and, many say, trance-inducing performance quite unlike any other." - Musicport Festival 2015.
"Jon provides a unique journey through all quarters of the world built around his inter-continental range of drums: tablas, riq, darabuka, vocal percussion, and much more! He is the creator of magnificent soundscapes that will transport you into an unmissable musical nirvana!" - DJ Ritu - DJ, radio presenter, world music pioneer.
Jon is based in Stroud, UK.
More Jon Sterckx music, videos, etc.: https://www.jonsterckx.co.uk
In his solo live sampling performances, Drumscapes, Jon skillfully brings percussion from across the globe together with 21st-century technology in a unique blend of rhythmic soundscapes, bouncy world rhythms, and high-energy drumming.
All instruments are played, sampled, mixed, and processed live on stage in a synthesis of traditional musicianship and live electronics. A unique blend of rhythmic soundscapes, bouncy world rhythms, and high-energy drumming.
As well as performing at venues, festivals, melas, and cultural events across the UK, Jon's Drumscapes performances have been profiled and featured by major music software company Ableton and have also been included in the global conference foundation, TED, with a performance at TEDxWarwick in 2012 and at TEDxBrum in 2016.
Jon has performed Drumscapes at melas, festivals, venues, and cultural events across the UK.
"Few percussionists, no matter how skilled, can captivate and keep an eager festival audience with a solo performance, but Jon Sterckx's stunning Drumscapes are a masterclass in control and rhythm that hook the audiences from the first beats and carry them through to an invariably ecstatic climax. Centered on the tabla, darabuka, and riq (a Middle Eastern tambourine), Jon combines beats and rhythms from across the globe with cutting-edge sampling and innovative vocal sculpting, building layered soundscapes that mix the experimental with the traditional and creating a uniquely intoxicating, exhilarating, and, many say, trance-inducing performance quite unlike any other." - Musicport Festival 2015.
"Jon provides a unique journey through all quarters of the world built around his inter-continental range of drums: tablas, riq, darabuka, vocal percussion, and much more! He is the creator of magnificent soundscapes that will transport you into an unmissable musical nirvana!" - DJ Ritu - DJ, radio presenter, world music pioneer.
Jon is based in Stroud, UK.
More Jon Sterckx music, videos, etc.: https://www.jonsterckx.co.uk
