Kroom means crust, skin or membrane. Also likes to be lo-fi and DIY.
Preferred equipment: Sonor, Ludwig, Gladstone [drums/timps]; Zildjian, Wuhan [metals]; DW [hardware]; Musser, Deagan, Marimba1 [mallets]; Kolberg [chimes/bass drum]; LP [ethnic/effects]; Remo (Ambassador, Pinstripe, Fibreskyn) [heads]; Firth, Hinger, Regal & Promark [sticks].
About the music selections:
Throw Some Scratch'n & Circular File by 13 Bells. New project influenced by minutemen, sonic youth, melvins, stooges, dinosaur jr., blonde redhead and zorn (naked city). Nitsan (voice/guitar/writing [Throw Some Scratch'n]) and Barak (guitar), Asaf (bass), Kroom (drums). From live demo sessions, 2007/8.Milmulim by Eitan Steinberg with imaginary texts by Etty Ben-Zaken. Excerpt from larger 13 minute work. Etty Ben-Zaken (voice), Abe Doron & Kroom (battery). Recorded live@Tel Aviv U's Black Box, 2003.Concerto da camera by Alexander Uriyah Boskovich. Movement 1; "1st Toccata-First Rain". Denis Cohen (conductor), Nitai Zori (violin), Yossi Arnheim (flute), Daphna Ben-Ozer (alto flute), Michal Tal (celesta), Julia Sverdlov (harp), Sara Yanovski-Tal (cembalo), Zeev Steinberg (viola), Khaif Zinovi (cello), Oron Schwartz (vibraphone), Gene Cipriani (percussion), Kroom (marimba and glockenspiel). CD released by Music in Israel label, 1998. Eardrum for percussion & tape by Arie Shapira. Excerpt from larger 15 minute work. Kroom (solo percussion). Recorded live@Jerusalem Music Center, 1995.Two Bits by Allison Cameron. Excerpt from larger 12 minute work. Bang On A Can, Live V. 1 Emergency Music, Composers Recordings Inc. 1992 release. Laura Goldberg & Muneko Otani (violins), Michiko Oshima (viola), Anna Cholakian (cello), Robert Black (bass), Danny Tunick (perc), John Ferrari (perc), Rob McEwan (perc), Kroom (perc) & Dan Kennedy (conductor).Bonus SongsHere's a song called 'No Good' (2007) and a live version of 'Troubleturned Twins' (@Levontin7, September 2007) that I did with Mariya Ocher, Gil Cohen and Ran Nachmias AKA Mary and the Baby Cheeses , a great band. You can find the tunes on their myspace player.Recommended Sites for Percussion: Steve Weiss
All photos @Eshel Sound Studios by Shay Wieder (www.pbase.com/lollaphoto)