African
Drum is collective name for a group of musicians. Most of
it's member are in Zimbabwe. Wembada is the only one which is in UK at
the moment. They aim to come on tour in Europe in a soon future. The
band was formed in Harare year 2000. They have recorded one CD so far
with the name of Mavambo which means the beginning. You can hear
samples from the recording on page CD sales.
They use mbira as the main instrument together with other traditional
and modern instruments. They play traditional Zimbabwean beats and as
well beats towards more contemporary style. One specialty is that they
use tre different tuned mbiras at one time base, midrange and
top.