“The first drum set came on the market in 1918 and triggered a musical revolution: It took over urban dance music and established the triad of bass drum, snare and hi-hat as the combination used the world over. “

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2018 was the 100th Anniversary of the modern instrument we call the ‘Drum Set’.  An event hosted at the ‘Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)’ in April 2018 titled ‘100 Jarhre Beat (100 Years of Beat)’ featured and celebrated this beautiful instrument, with concerts, talks, film screenings, and sound installation art such as Hanno Leichtmann‘s ‘Skin, Wood, Traps’ (2018), shown in the feature photo.