Siberian Ice Drummers Use Frozen Lake as Musical Instrument (WATCH)

 

Siberian percussion group Ethnobeat aren’t famous for waling on any ordinary drums – the foursome are renowned for beating out funky grooves using only a frozen lake as their instrument.

Lake Baikal is the deepest and largest freshwater lake in the world – it also becomes a fantastic set of bongos in cold weather. With temperatures averaging at -4º Farenheit (-20º Celsius), the ice freezes to roughly one meter thick.

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But when these Russians start slapping the lake’s chilly surfaces, it’s hard not to marvel at how much it sounds like a steel drum’s tropical beats.

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