World Percussion
Our foray into World Percussion started, not surprisingly, with drumheads.
Remo revolutionized hand drumming by bringing modern drumhead technologies
and performance to traditional world percussion instruments. The diversity
of these drums encouraged us to develop 12 differently shaped world
percussion drumheads using Fiberskyn 3, Suede, and Nuskyn to fit today’s
most popular drums. These heads have the consistency and weather resistance
players demand today with Remo’s classic tenabilityand sound,
and fit most major manufacturers’ drums. Our world percussion
instruments include collections in African. Asian, Brasilian, Cuban,
frame drums, tambourines, and worldwide drums.
 RENAISSIANCE®
Using exclusively developed films and a proprietary process, the
RENAISSIANCE drumhead is texturized on the batter size of drumhead
enhancing the projection and reflection of sound. The result is a great
sounding, more balanced, better performing head that produces clear open
tones, plenty of attack and resonance. The Renaissance drumhead is very
durable and is recommended for hand as well as stick players.
 FIBERSKYN® 3
RICH BRIGHT SOUND
FIBERSKYN 3 provides a superb, authentic ethnic drum sound when used on
world percussion instruments. Fiberskyn 3 is a fast action, easy play
drumhead that produces lively overtones. Its superior construction and
performance have made it the world’s most widely recorded synthetic
world percussion head.
 NUSKYN®
SOUNDS, FEELS, AND LOOKS LIKE REAL SKIN
NUSKYN is a major breakthrough in drumhead technology that may be Remo’s
greatest innovation yet. Frequency analysis of NUSKYN shows it closely
resembles the performance of animal skin, while actually expanding the
sound response spectrum dramatically.
The Nusksyn conga, bongo and djembe drumheads feature Remo’s tucked
heads technology, a process in which the film is wrapped around a steel
insert ring just as animal skins are “tucked” around flesh hoops. The
results? Nuskyn sounds natural, warm, and full-bodied with enhanced low
and mid-range frequencies, without any lingering high pitched overtones. Click here to download the Remo World Percussion Maintenance & Tuning Manual (.pdf)
 ADVANCED
ACOUSTICON™
The new state-of-the-art ADVANCED ACOUSTICON material, developed
over four years, utilizes high technology in its construction perhaps
more than any previous drum shell. It takes the best qualities of wood
and betters them for incredible consistency allowing unparalleled pitch,
timbre, and projection. The continuous, one-piece wrap of the ADVANCED
ACOUSTICON makes for a denser, better sounding drum. Because of its
“uni-body” construction, there are no mismatched plies of
wood, and all shells are constructed to exacting thicknesses, resulting
in a sound with focus and articulation.
Signature Series
Working with some of the best world percussion artists including Paulo
Mattioli and Poncho Sanchez, Remo has developed several world percussion
signature series that benefit from contemporary materials and manufacturing
techniques while paying respect to musical traditions. The drums are
developed in conjunction with and tested by our Signature Artists, including:
- Chalo Eduardo
- Arthur Hull
- Paulo Mattioli
- Leon Mobley
- Poncho Sanchez
- Glen Velez |
