Noreum Machi

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The Korean percussion group Noreum Machi is a highly original musical ensemble. Since its foundation in 1993, Noreum Machi has been trying to re-discover its traditional music that suits our time by communicating other kinds of music through the basic traditional Korean music without losing its structure. The group takes its name from the term used by Korean minstrels to indicate a combination of skill and timing attained only by the best players. In competition Noreum Machi would refer to the player so skilled that no one would dare follow. Noreum Machi is a captivating new group from Korea that performs the virtuosic percussion music known as samulnori. First introduced to the West in the late 1970s by the legendary ensemble Samul-Nori, this exciting music had a huge effect in galvanizing the student movement in Korea and reengaging Koreans with their traditions. Samulnori is a modernized staged adaptation of p'ungmul nori, a ritualistic celebratory event with origins in shamanism and animism performed by rice farmers and professional musicians at harvest festivals. Noreum Machi's colorful program includes spectacular percussion dialogues, shamanic chants, and acrobatic dances. The instruments: The core instruments used are the janggo, an hourglass-shaped double headed drum that could be considered the national instrument of Korea since it is used in all forms of Korean music; the buk, a double-headed barrel drum; the kkwaenggwari, a small gong originally used in the roy

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