8 HANDS OF SOUND

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  • Adrian J. Portia

    HANDPAN, DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS

  • Lauri Wuolio

    HANDPAN, GUITAR, SYNTH, ELECTRONIC DRUMS, VOCALS, SOUND DESIGN, PRODUCTION

  • Jeremy Diffey

    HANDPAN, WOODWINDS, FLUTE, SYNTH, VOCALS, PRODUCTION

  • Jeremy Arndt

    HANDPAN, SYNTH, SOUND DESIGN, VOCALS

The handpan has created a global community of players and makers, a large number of which are based in Ukraine. We condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and its hideous, systematic killing of ordinary Uk
Our first album New Light is now out on Bandcamp! It was recorded in 2018 in Melbourne and finished during the pandemic in 2020. When we made the album we asked ourselves: what kind of handpan album should exist but doesn't. This was our answer. And
Sometimes the right feeling comes from recording in right circumstances. One of the album's tracks was recorded in darkness... . . . . @jeremy_diffey @heavenly3lues #obliquestrategies #8handsofsound #8hands #newlight #studiolife #producerlife #music
... and this is what we did! Although handpans are the main instruments uniting our album, we used many other unconventional instruments on it... from contra alto clarinet (through the tremolo) to new and old synthesizers, iPad drum machines etc... C
Just a few handpans were used in creating this album... . . . . #newlight #8handsofsound #handpan #cupola #percussion #yishama #pantheonsteel #cfoulke #aciel #makaiinstruments #bellart #echosoundsculpture #sarazhandpans
Recording finished! Stay tuned! . . . . #8handsofsound #8hands #newlight #studiolife #producerlife #music #handpan #cupola #percussion
Jeremy A aka @heavenly3lues designing some synth magic for the album. . . . . #8handsofsound #8hands #newlight #studiolife #synth #producerlife #music #handpan #cupola #percussion
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