handclaps

That band used a tinny sounding drum machine to produce handclaps, which is perhaps the closest thing to blasphemy you'll find in Qawwali.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse Derek Beres 2011

That band used a tinny sounding drum machine to produce handclaps, which is perhaps the closest thing to blasphemy you'll find in Qawwali.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Desert Blues and a Sufi Muse Derek Beres 2011

There was one ecstatic moment where all the instruments converged -- the harmonium into the piano, the drums into the handclaps, the tablas into the female backing vocalists -- and Ali Faiz and Adams went back and forth, chanting Ali, the great friend of Muhammad, and Jesus.

Derek Beres: A Personal Letter to Christine O'Donnell Derek Beres 2010

Yet somehow Echo is able to slap a bass, throw in processed handclaps and still make a slamming song, as in the trucking "Wang East."

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Ben Harper's Blues and Lord Echo's Melodies Derek Beres 2011

Synth lines make like double-necked guitars ("Helix"), processed beats imitate stadium handclaps ("Parade"), and if it's hard to take seriously at times - "Canon (Interlude)" sounds like the work of an electronic medieval troupe – its pounding momentum is harder still to resist.

Justice: Audio, Video, Disco – review 2011

There was one ecstatic moment where all the instruments converged -- the harmonium into the piano, the drums into the handclaps, the tablas into the female backing vocalists -- and Ali Faiz and Adams went back and forth, chanting Ali, the great friend of Muhammad, and Jesus.

Derek Beres: A Personal Letter to Christine O'Donnell Derek Beres 2010

Yet somehow Echo is able to slap a bass, throw in processed handclaps and still make a slamming song, as in the trucking "Wang East."

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Ben Harper's Blues and Lord Echo's Melodies Derek Beres 2011

They weren't what I was searching for, but something intrigued me about these new Wellingtons enough to click on the video for "Come Undone," a catchy track seemingly plucked from the Oneders songbook, right down to the handclaps:

Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011

Most follow the original templates– only on Bill Withers's Lean on Me, where warm keyboard washes replace the original's gospel handclaps, do they extend themselves.

Seal: Soul 2 – review 2011

There was one ecstatic moment where all the instruments converged -- the harmonium into the piano, the drums into the handclaps, the tablas into the female backing vocalists -- and Ali Faiz and Adams went back and forth, chanting Ali, the great friend of Muhammad, and Jesus.

Derek Beres: A Personal Letter to Christine O'Donnell Derek Beres 2010