Tomas Reindl

Tomas "T-hermit" Reindl
- musician - percussionist, performer, and composer from Prague, Czech Republic. He began as a rock drummer but switched to jazz and ethnic percussion later. Tomás specializes many kind of percussion and ethnic instruments (indian tabla, Arabic and African drums, drumset, didjeridu, dulcimer, etc.). On stage Tomas augments his brilliant authentic tabla playing with simultaneous didgerido and Tibetan overtone singing, as well as taking advantage of modern "live-looping" techniques and virtual drums/percussion to kick his performance dynamic into the 21st century.

Main projects and cooperation:

- AMIT CHATTERJEE - OCEAN ON FIRE
- SHAHAB TOLOUIE TRIO - flamenco/persian fusion
- DIDYMOS, own solo project inspired by roots of sacred music of diferent cultures
- RAGMAKAMTAR DUO - with Edward Powell and his newly designed instrument "ragmakamtar"
- DAMARU - multimedial performance inspired by classical indian dance "kathak"
- Indian classical music - together with the sitar players Amit Chatterjee and Edward Powell and the esraj player Elena Kubickova