Arthur Dubois's drum kit and setup

Documented by Drum Faster

The French drummer who plays water. Acoustic drums fused with unconventional objects, Sensory Percussion sensors and electronic triggers — and a body of work built on the fact that a ringing chime lowered into water bends flat. One video passed three million views.

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2023 — The hybrid rig

The point is not speed or weight, it is making sounds that do not otherwise exist. Sensory Percussion reads where on a head you strike and how hard, so a single drum becomes a whole instrument with strike position as a control. And the water genuinely is physics: it damps and loads a vibrating piece of metal, which bends the pitch — a pitch bend on a percussion instrument, which percussion does not normally have.

What the 2023 era documents, and no more — the shells aren't recorded yet. Tap a piece to find it below; sticks, pedals and hardware are never drawn. Know what the rest of this kit was? Suggest an edit.

Meinl cymbals a listed Meinl Cymbals artist alongside the percussion endorsement ⤷ who plays this

Meinl percussion a listed Meinl artist — the unconventional metal and effects percussion the work relies on ⤷ who plays this

Sensory Percussion sensors strike position and dynamics mapped to triggered sound ⤷ who plays this

Evans Hybrid sensory range a listed artist ⤷ who plays this

2023 — The hybrid rig

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