Alfred Berengena

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Alfred Berengena

Alfred Berengena is a Catalan drummer known for his versatile way to play and also his drum books of Doble Bombo Avanzado (Carisch 2011) and Essential Double Bass Drumming (Dinsic 2005) [1]

Catalonia Autonomous area of northeastern Spain

Catalonia is an autonomous community on the northeastern corner of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city is Barcelona, the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union. It comprises most of the territory of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is bordered by France (Occitanie) and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south. The official languages are Catalan, Spanish, and the Aranese dialect of Occitan.

Drummer percussionist who creates and accompanies music using drums

A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums.

Carisch is an Italian music publishing house, founded in Leipzig in 1887 under the name Carisch & Jänichen for editorial production, trade and import of sheet music and musical instruments and based in Milan by the Swiss, G.A. Carisch. Initially dealing with the sale of musical instruments and music manuscripts, it became a music publishing concern in 1894. Ownership passed down to various members of the Carisch family and the firm was incorporated in 1936. Carisch has a catalog of printed books of almost five thousand titles, under the labels Carisch and Real Musical, by prestigious and successful authors and composers. Its offices are based in Milan, Paris and Madrid and its products are distributed internationally by Music Sales & Carisch Distribution It became, as well, a recording label, the first in Italy, for example, to issue Beatles recordings in the 1960s. In 1989 Carisch was acquired by Warner Chappel Music Italiana and then by Monzino, Spa. in 2002.

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Biography

Alfred Berengena to play the drums at a very early age, he was on stage when he was 13 years old with his first band called Kalumnia (Hardcore-Punk). When he was 15, he played with Terratrèmol (Rock català) and later on he chose technical styles related with Extreme Metal. His training began being self-taught specially in the extreme drums, but he passed a level test and got into the Jazz and Modern Music Conservatory from Perpiñán CNR (France) where he graduated obtaining a Gold Medal on the Superior Grade of Jazz and Modern Music and the specialization of drumming in 2007. He is also known with his pedagogical work giving national and international drum classes and giving "drums clinics" [2] He studied Production and recording thecnics at the 44.1 recording studio with Toni Paris and he has produced and recorded most of his records at his recording studio (Your Sound Recording Studios) in Girona. [3] Actually he is the drummer off Soziedad Alkoholika band, which one, he went on tours in most part of the iberian Peninsula and some of Latino America countries. Also, occasionally he works with some other Extreme Metal bands.

Rock català is a type of music popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s involving Catalan lyrics and many different musical styles.

France Republic in Europe with several non-European regions

France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.02 million. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.

Soziedad Alkoholika

Soziedad Alkoholika, commonly abbreviated to S.A., is a crossover thrash band from the Basque Country in Spain. They were founded in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 1988. Their lyrics tend to have a crude, direct and somewhat emotional approach to politics and, among others, deal with issues such as: militarism, fascism, racism, sexism, state violence and monarchy.

Technical

Berengena Possesses a very explosive and fast way to play and at the same time dynamic. He is able to play blast beats at a fast speed and at the same time play other styles related with more dynamic fusion and more groove. He stands out by his original and dynamic rolls with a clear influence of fusion. He has a remarkable double feet technic for the extreme metal drums and is one of the few drummers worldwide able to play polyrhythms blast beats which it can combine sextuplets with semiquaver at the same time than triplet with semiquavers. The first time he recorded this type of blast beats was with Profundis Tenebrarum in the Phatogenesis álbum and also in the next álbum Apokalipchrist where apart of recording the drums he also was in charge of the mix production and mastering. [4]

Polyrhythm simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms

Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter. The rhythmic conflict may be the basis of an entire piece of music (cross-rhythm), or a momentary disruption. Polyrhythms can be distinguished from irrational rhythms, which can occur within the context of a single part; polyrhythms require at least two rhythms to be played concurrently, one of which is typically an irrational rhythm. Concurrently in this context means within the same rhythmic cycle. The underlying pulse, whether explicit or implicit can be considered one of the concurrent rhythms. For example, the son clave is poly-rhythmic because its 3 section suggests a different meter from the pulse of the entire pattern.

Team

Alfred is supported by the companies that manufacture the equipment he uses.

DW Collector's – Satin Oil (Natural finish)

ZILDJIAN Cymbals [5]

  1. K custom Session HIHATS 14″
  2. FX Alfred Berengena FLAT BELL 9,5″ (prototipe)
  3. Oriental CHINESE 18″
  4. 2x K SPLASH 10″
  5. To Custom Projection CRASH 19″
  6. To Custom SPLASH 8″
  7. To Custom Projection CRASH 18″
  8. Oriental CHINESE 16″
  9. K Custom Ride 22″
  10. To Custom CRASH 20 "

EVANS Drumheads

Bass drum: EQ3 & Emad resonant Snare: Genera HD Dry or Hybrid & Hazy 300 Toms: EC2 Level 360 clear or G2 coated & G1 resonant Clear

AXIS Pedals: Alfred Berengena Signature Edition [6]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.ragazzi-music.de/berengenaalfred.html
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ http://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2012/01/10/bateria-alfred-berengena-grava-diversos-discos-nou-estudi-al-pla-lestany/541096.html
  4. ↑ http://www.cantabrianextrememetal.com/CEM/profundis-tenebrarum/
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ http://tvgirona.xiptv.cat/ultima-hora/capitol/bon-moment-pel-music-gironi-alfred-berengena
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