Moog Synthesizer Marimba

Combined with Classical Steelbands in new MP3 Recordings

Marimba and Steel Drums - MP3 Recordings:

Digital Recordings	Length	Order Online
JS Bach's Toccata No2 in C Minor BWV 911	9:46min
Beethoven's Bagatelle No2	3:10min
Beethoven's Military March	4:32min
Debussy's Jumbo's Lullaby	3:12min
Handel's Concerto Grosso	3:54min
Scarlatti's Harpsichord Sonata K531 Allegro	5:47min

On this page we have brought together a selection of our Marimba MP3 recordings. The antecedents of the Marimba instrument, xylophones with resonance chambers, can be found in West Africa and it is thought that they were brought to central America by pre columbian slaves where they were refined and adopted as national instruments in places like Guatemala and southern Mexico. Similar resonant xylophones appear in South East Asia but there is no recognised route for them to have been transported to central America at the relevant time. When they traveled north to the USA manufacturers replaced wooden resonance tubes with metal ones and now we have remarkable synthesizer versions including the version we have used from the Modular Moog emulator in our Marimba MP3 music. The long duration resonances are very realistic and extremely processor hungry and for the moment that has limited our selection of pieces where we can use it.

Marimba and Gamelan Gongs

The most recent example of this approach are the new recordings we have made of different types of ragtime music where the marimbas work with Balinese Gamelan Orchestra Gongs and several different drums. They are illustrated in these examples:

These ragtime recording are samples of the recently added tunes. The majority of these new recordings feature the Balinese Gamelan Gongs with Marimbas in support and they can be found in the following sections Rags, Ragtime Dances, Ragtime Marches, Ragtime Intermezzos and Ragtime Novelties.