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5月14日南北“核”联合音乐会在上海育音堂如期举行，本次演出阵容绝对是今年在上海同风格中最棒的没有之一。演出阵容中有上海本土两只人气乐队BeatGeneration1980s与Return to Sender，以及上海观众都很熟悉的金属核班霸From The Red（南京），之后两只是来自南京的新生代前卫金属核Hybrid Dimensiony原身为核金裂变，以及特别邀请嘉宾来自北京去年在国内外声势浩大的post-hardcore Life Awaits（往生）。

Return to Sender（上海）

BeatGeneration1980s（上海）

Hybrid Dimension（南京）

From The Red（南京）

Life Awaits（北京）

精心布置的音乐现场和热血澎湃乐队的精彩表演让乐迷们high度不低啊！

乐队的激情就如红色的灯光那么火烈！

一群音乐执迷者一夜的狂欢！

这么棒的演唱会背后当然得有强大的支持者，SOULTONE就是其中的总赞助者！

Fred Aching Rios

Soultone钹艺术家Fred Aching Rios的新视频名为”Derf Bungle”，大家可以在在Instagram 上关注Fred并且在youtube.com上面查看更多他的视频。

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New video for Soultone Cymbals artist Fred Aching Rios called “Derf Bungle”. Follow Fred on Instagram and check out more of his videos on youtube.com.

Eric Seats and the Fivefold live in the Soultone Studio

Soultone简报—-2016年5月28日

Soultone钹艺术家Eric Seats (Patti LaBelle/Lalah Hathaway)和他的乐队‘The Fivefold’在我们的工作室现场表演。他们正在表演Foreign Exchange的“When I Feel Love”（当我感受到爱）和John Patitucci的“Spaceships”（太空船）

Soultone Cymbals artist Eric Seats (Patti LaBelle/Lalah Hathaway) and his band,The Fivefold, performed live at our studio. They are playing “When I Feel Love” by Foreign Exchange and “Spaceships” by John Patitucci.

Soultone 鑔片

1964年古老學校的系列銅鈸 – 2013年2月由現代鼓手邁克爾·道森所發行

Soultone的銅鈸是由洛杉磯的鼓手IKI於2003年發明成立，為了努力提供高質量的模型，Levy 將其描述成“實現適當的重量和音調特性之間的平衡”。電流線包括通用定制，輝煌定制，輕薄爵士經典，黑暗的極端，特殊效果FXO和快速/光明的福音。

在復古系列裏有兩個子系列，包括復古學派，其目的是要復制在上個世紀50、60年代所產生的銅鈸的甜美的聲音，以及1964年的陳舊學派，這是專門為像傳奇爵士鼓手托尼·威廉斯所設計的令人垂涎的銅鈸，他用這個與邁爾斯·戴維斯在1964年進行了壹次經典錄音。我們回顧了在2011年3月所發行的陳舊學派，這個月我們將看看1964年的。我們使用20”寸的，22”寸的和14”寸的鑔片。

復古特征

所有的銅鈸都是由B20青銅在土耳其的鑄造車間制作而成的（80％的銅和20％的錫）。1964年這所古老學校的銅鈸從其邊緣到鐘聲進行緊密的加工制作，並且除了鐘以外，還錘定銅鈸的整個表面。聲音低的鐘聲有助於增加關節銜接，以壹種淺淺的方式，這給了他們壹個更加平衡，更加豐富的音調。但這也有也有壹個相對平坦的輪廓作為其額外的控制。這些銅鈸是在中薄範圍內的，所以他們也存在壹些彎曲，但是通過比較，鑔片是呈現出更加的堅挺，更加的厚重的特點。頂端的銅鑔片是重介質的，底部有中等的重量，踩鑔有更陡的鐘聲和更大的弓聲，所以他們聽起來也會更加明亮，更加清晰。

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February 2013 issue of Modern Drummer.

Soultone

Vintage Old School 1964 Series Cymbals – February 2013 Issue of Modern Drummer

by Michael Dawson

Soultone Cymbals was founded in 2003 by the Los Angeles–based drummer Iki Levy, in an effort to provide high-quality models with what Levy describes as “a balance of proper weight and tone properties.” Current lines include the all-purpose Custom and Custom Brilliant, the thin and jazzy Vintage, the darker Extreme, the special-effects FXO, and the fast/bright Gospel.

Within the Vintage series are two subseries, Vintage Old School, which is designed to replicate the sweet sounds of cymbals made in the 1950s and ’60s, and Vintage Old School 1964, which is specifically tailored to sound like legendary jazz drummer Tony Williams’ coveted cymbals on the classic recordings he made with Miles Davis around 1964. We reviewed the Vintage Old Schools in the March 2011 issue, and this month we’re taking a look at the 1964s. We were sent 20″ and 22″ crash/rides and 14″ hi-hats.

Vintage Physique

All Soultone cymbals are made from B20 bronze (80 percent copper and 20 percent tin) at a foundry in Turkey. Vintage Old School 1964 cymbals are tightly and shallowly lathed from edge to bell and are hammered extensively throughout the entire surface, except for the bell. The bells on the crash/rides are small, which helps increase stick articulation, and shallow, which gives them a more balanced, richer tone. The crash/rides also have a fairly flat profile, for additional control. These cymbals are in the medium-thin range, so they have some flex, while the hi-hats are firmer and heavier by comparison. The top hi-hat is medium in weight, and the bottom is medium-heavy. The hi-hats have much steeper bells and bows than the crash/rides, so they sounded brighter and clearer.

現代鼓手的產品特寫——2015年11月發行

Soultone

Noa鐃鈸包

壹個初學者成為專業人士之前的可能性。

   當放在壹起進行第壹次預包裝時， Noa和Soultone想要在不放棄質量的情況下使價格降低。要做到這壹點，公司決定使用與其高端系列相同的B20青銅合金，但也只是僅限於簡單的緊湊的三片式封裝，包括13”寸的鑔片，16”寸的鑔片，還有19”寸的。該包裝還帶有壹個Soultone品牌的袋子。

這些中等重量的銅鈸都用相同的方式制作完成，用壹個大的，原始的的鐘在外兩英寸內將其與壹個雙音弓結合完成。他們適合初學者，這樣他們可以快速的抓取壹些東西，就如是擠進壹輛擁擠的貨車，並由此設立壹個緊張的階段。該包裝也要求被設計成要符合航空公司的要求，使其適合在壹個行李艙內。

因為設計了多用途的銅鈸，在諾亞包裝裏還提供了全方位的聲音，主要是應用於對當代搖滾，流行音樂和節奏布魯斯。13”寸的鑔片相當的明亮和清晰，並有壹點高，鐘般的喧囂是封閉還是半開放式的，是否是完全開放的，或者是否是用腳潑的。他們是為超輕播放設計的，就像有點太厚重的爵士樂聲的聲音，但他們很快就表現出了中大音量，並且在錄音棚測試壹個鄉村流行歌曲時，他們可以混合的很好。

16”Noa聲是快的，爆炸性的，是明亮的但卻不刺目耀眼。對於壹般的應用程序而言，它有壹個很好的全方位碰撞的聲音，並且原始的鐘聲擁有壹個幹凈的，清晰的色調，它可以有效地用於快速交談或安靜的騎行。

我最喜歡的NOA系列是19”的鑔聲，因為這足以產生幹凈和平靜的模式，但是充足的光也可以防止衰竭並且可以提供壹些溫暖的支持，軟弱無力的維持著並建立均勻的動態增加狀態。鐘有壹個強大的，清晰的基調。其相對較小的尺寸也允許它被定位在宿舍中更為緊密的試劑盒裏。

無論它是如何被銷售，NOA的包裝是壹個實體集合的銅鈸，應該滿足任何初學者或者日常工作的鼓手最基本的需求。其顯示的清單的價格是1333美元。

點擊下面的視頻演示。

Michael Dawson

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Product Close-Up – Nov 2015 Issue of Modern Drummer

Soultone
Noa Cymbal Pack

A beginner’s pre-pack with potential for professionals.

When putting together its first pre-pack, the Noa, Soultone wanted to keep the price down without sacrificing quality. To do that, the company decided to use the same B20 bronze alloy from its high-end series, but with the options limited to a simple, compact three-piece package comprising 13″ hi-hats, a 16″ crash, and a 19″ ride. The pack also comes with a Soultone-branded gig bag.

These medium-weight cymbals are all finished the same way, with a large, raw, hammered bell and a subtle two-tone bow that’s brilliantly finished on the outer two inches and traditionally finished and sparsely hammered on the inner section. They’re meant for beginners as well as gigging pros who need something they can grab quickly, cram into a jammed van, and set up on a tight stage. The pack is also designed to be airline compliant so that it fits in an overhead compartment.

Designed as all-purpose cymbals, the Noa pack provides all-around sounds that lean toward contemporary rock, pop, and R&B applications. The 13″ hi-hats were fairly bright and crisp, and there was a bit of high, bell-like din whether they were played closed, partially open, or completely open, or splashed with the foot. They were a bit too chunky sounding for super-light playing, like acoustic jazz, but they were quick and expressive at moderate to loud volumes, and they blended well when tested in the studio on a driving country-pop track.

The 16″ Noa crash was quick, explosive, and bright without being harsh. For general applications, it had a nice all-around crash sound, and the raw bell had a clean, clear tone that could be used effectively for quick accents or quiet riding.

My favorite of the Noa series was the 19″ ride, which was heavy enough to produce clean, pingy patterns but light enough to prevent gonginess and to provide some warm, washy sustain that built up evenly as the dynamics increased. The bell had a strong, clear tone as well. Its relatively small size also allowed for it to be positioned in tighter quarters in the kit.

Regardless of how it’s being marketed, the Noa pack is a solid collection of cymbals that should satisfy the most basic needs of any beginner or everyday working drummer. The list price is $1,333.

Check out a video demo below.

Michael Dawson

Get ready… Soultone Cymbals artist Jerohn Garnett will be coming to China with the support of Gioco Drums.  Watch here for dates, details and more information…

Soultone Cymbals Artist Chiu Kuan Yuan from Taiwan

Taiwan Artist Chia Wei Hung, laying it down on a great shuffle by Dave Weckl.