FRAME MACHINE
Handpan · Jaw harp · Tamburello · Frame drums · Electronics · Voice
The tamburello as a drum machine.
A solo project that puts frame drums, the jaw harp and the voice through electronics and effects. The tamburello, riqq, bendir, marranzano, doromb, ribeba and handpan meet a Line 6 DL4 MKII and a Boss SY-200: the acoustic and the electronic answer each other rather than take turns.
It is where my sound research of the last years has ended up — the same research that produced the Rōnin EP.
“Listening takes us through tracks with different atmospheres and suggestions, in which Piccioni's sound research of the last few years stands out.”
— Salvatore Esposito, Blogfoolk
Two formats
Live concert
A show for tamburello, jaw harp, live electronics and effects.
Workshop
The live setup, step by step: how the signal chain is built, how the loops are layered, how an acoustic frame drum is turned into an instrument that answers back. For players who want to take their own instrument through electronics.
Live
AWASE — from the Rōnin EP, live at Tamburi Mundi 2025.
SamaiiMoog
Composed and performed by Andrea Piccioni. Live at Tamburi Mundi 2026.
Tamburello solo with electronics
Live at Tamburi Mundi 2025.
Impro / Cantata BWV 147
J. S. Bach, for jaw harp and electronics.