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He employs moments of silence with equal emphasis as bass-drum kicks.
Master of Time, Defier of Age Larry Blumenfeld 2011
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On a set of excitingly recorded super audio CDs from Haennsler Classic, conductor Sylvain Cambreling punches home the large-scale moments -- including the most breathtaking "Dies Irae" bass-drum thwacks on record -- but the early-music purity of the choral singing (again, the EuropaChorAkademie) and subtle playing from the fine SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg suggest an even keener engagement with the contemplative side of this music.
New CDs of Verdi's Requiem Mass: Some powerful, others not up to the task 2010
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The bass-drum beat is programmed (as is some other percussion) since Antonin Marquis plays his drum and cymbals standing up.
CMJ Music Marathon: A Few Reasons to Like We Are Wolves - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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The bass-drum beat is programmed (as is some other percussion) since Antonin Marquis plays his drum and cymbals standing up.
CMJ Music Marathon: A Few Reasons to Like We Are Wolves - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Drummer Jay Bellerose lends mostly spare, unlikely rhythmic accents -- woodblocks, bells and surprisingly few bass-drum kicks.
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*Joyns dans dans dans arownd teh stage wif teh conga rats, carryin bass-drum adn sliver bugle from teh Cheezland Durm and Bulge Corpse*
what happens in - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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From within the ship, it sounded like a continuous drumroll, over the bass-drum pounding of the heavies.
Battlestar Galactica Carver_Jeffrey 2006
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Climbing inside the bass-drum, crawling to audience members' feet, balancing herself upright on a seated onlooker's legs, I couldn't help think of Adris Hoyos of Harry Pussy via Piper Laurie in Carrie for some reason I can't quite reckon, maybe just the factor of just not knowing what the hell was about to happen next.
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Climbing inside the bass-drum, crawling to audience members' feet, balancing herself upright on a seated onlooker's legs, I couldn't help think of Adris Hoyos of Harry Pussy via Piper Laurie in Carrie for some reason I can't quite reckon, maybe just the factor of just not knowing what the hell was about to happen next.
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“Excellent, as usual,” answered Karp, throwing his ledger fairly hard against the side of a steel filing cabinet, which made a loud bass-drum sound in response.
Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002
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