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RECORDING STUDIO
Over the years I have developed expert skills in the areas of recording and music production. Working out of my personal studio setup I perform and records percussive parts for national and international musicians and producers, sending and receiving material via file sharing carriers. The various percussive parts are recorded as wav files at 24bit / 48,000 Hz. The following are some selected excerpts from percussive sessions conducted for the rock band Powderfinger which featured on their last number one Aria charting album Golden Rule, from contemporary jazz vocalist Lisa Young featured on her album Grace and from my various personal production projects.

Some of the excerpts presented here are percussion mixes from these recordings, as such they showcase the percussive work upfront. I have amassed a vast collection of eclectic percussion instruments from around the world gathered in over thirty-years of research and touring. I am also endorsed internationally by Meinl percussion, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads and Vic Firth sticks and mallets and make use of a vast range of their first-class instruments.

Please click here to discuss a recording project I may be able to contribute percussion parts to.



EXCERPTS FROM STUDIO SESSIONS

Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Golden Rule
Track: Burn Your Name [excerpt from percussion mix]
Percussion: shakers, tambourine, ibo, kanjira
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Golden Rule
Track: Poison In Your Mind [excerpt from percussion mix]
Percussion: surdo
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Golden Rule
Track: Stand Yourself [excerpt from percussion mix]
Percussion: shakers, tambourine, maracas
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Golden Rule
Track: Awake [excerpt from percussion mix]
Percussion: pandeiro, claves, maracas, Indian ankle bells
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Lisa Young Quartet
Album: Grace
Track: Mani's Samba [excerpt from percussion mix]
Percussion: shaker, conga, tamborim, agogo bells, frame drum
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Alex Pertout
Album: Otra Vez
Track: Falling featuring Mike Stern [excerpt]
Percussion: bongos, ibo, shaker, surdo, glockenspiel, cymbals, shekere, percussion effects
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Alex Pertout
Album: Lusambo
Track: Lusambo [excerpt]
Percussion: congas, shekere, timbales, rototoms, floor tom, cowbell, maracas, marimba
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Alex Pertout
Album: Lusambo
Track: Manaus [excerpt]
Percussion: congas, berimbaus, cymbals, percussion effects, marimba, vibes
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Alex Pertout
Album: Otra Vez
Track: Waters Of March [excerpt]
Percussion: kanjira, ibo, surdo, woodblocks, percussion effects, marimba, tubular bells
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





Artist: Alex Pertout
Album: From The Heart
Track: Salvador [excerpt]
Percussion: congas, caixa, repenique, shaker, triangle, percussion effects, marimba, vibes, glockenspiel
Percussion performed and recorded by Alex Pertout





ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF STUDIO SESSIONS
Artist: Daryl Braithwaite
Album: Rise
Track: The Horses
Percussion by Alex Pertout: shaker, sleigh bells, vibraslap, tambourine





Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Odissey Number 5
Track: My Happiness
Percussion by Alex Pertout: shakers, tambourine





Artist: Hunters & Collectors
Album: Ghost Nation
Track: Blind Eye
Percussion by Alex Pertout: congas





Artist: Little River Band
Album: No Reins
Track: It Was The Night
Percussion by Alex Pertout: congas, cowbells, shakers, triangle, tambourine, percussive effects





Artist: Powderfinger
Album: Golden Rule
Track: Burn Your Name
Percussion by Alex Pertout: shakers, tambourine, ibo, kanjira





Artist: Goanna
Album: Oceania
Track: Common Ground
Percussion by Alex Pertout: timbales, tambourine, triangle, percussion effects





Artist: The Black Sorrows
Album: Hold On To Me
Track: The Chosen One
Percussion by Alex Pertout: congas, bongos, shakers





Artist: Mark Gillespie
Album: Flame
Track: Without You
Percussion by Alex Pertout: congas, tambourine, glockenspiel





Artist: Peter Cupples
Album: Fear Of Thunder
Track: Sweet Summer Nights
Percussion by Alex Pertout: congas, cowbell, shaker





PERCUSSION COLLECTION
Drums: congas (quinto, conga, tumba, super tumba), bongos, timbales, timbalitos, quinto cajon, bata (iya, itotele, okonkolo), tambora, cajon, repinique, surdo, bombo, timbal, snare drum, floor tom, rototoms, djembe, bongo cajon, talking drum, dumbek, dhol, geta bera, tammattama, tabla.

Rattles: maracas, shekeres, shakers, afoxe, cabasa, caxixi, palo de agua, cascajuellas, sleigh bells, bean shaker, axatse, sakara, swordstick, angklung, kokiriko, monkey drum. Scrappers: güiro, güicharo, güira, quijada, reco reco, washboard.

Bells/Blocks: cowbells, claves, cuá, catá, agogo bells, wooden agogo, frigideira, cajita, triangle, tambourine, castanets, spoons, woodblocks, temple blocks, toy hammers, gankogui, log drum, slit drums.

Percussive Effects: mark tree, key tree, bell tree, wind chimes, shell chimes, bamboo chimes, stone chimes, flexatone, slapstick, ratchet.

Frame Drums: pandereta, tamborim, frame, pandeiro, kanjira, reque, mazhar, tar, duf, bendir, bodhran, rabana, uddaki.

Gongs: wind gong, Chinese gongs, crotales, zodiac gong, resonating bells, Balinese gongs, singing bowls.

Cymbals: splash cymbals, crash cymbals, ride cymbals, hand cymbals, hi-hats, finger cymbals.

Tuned Percussion: glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, kalimba, karimba, nyunga nyunga mbira.

Aerophone: samba whistle, bird whistles.

Bow: berimbau, chipendami.

Pots: clay pot, ibo, udu.

Friction Drum: cuica.


 


AUDIO SHOWCASE OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS



Congas



Ibo



Cajon




Bombo



Vibes



Marimba




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