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the james soame collection of badboy kickdrums
the son of wealthy land-owners, james soame worked as an architect and engineer, designing
buildings and transport systems for the burgeoning colonies of the 19th century british
empire.
soame was also a keen collector. amongst other things, he sent many exotic plant and animal
specimens to the young charles darwin, and james is mentioned several times in the
notebooks from which darwin was to write origin of species. but it is for his
collection of hard-assed techno kickdrums that soame is best remembered: they rock the
fucking hut.
this online exhibition gives an idea of the instruments' sound, but equally importanly it
also gives an impression of the sheer range of
soame's collection, which at the time was unique in the world.
exhibits are organised
into the same broad categories that soame defined, and as per the 1863 exhibition, a
"case" has been assembled for each category.
case 1 - 909 kickdrums and their descendants
case 2 - exotic kickdrums of europe and the americas
case 3 - kickdrums from random 80s drum machines
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