Udu (Ibo) & Cajon Drums

by Kara Square Uploaded Apr 4, 2025

120 BPM

Thumbprints: Snowflake, SackJo22, spinningmerkaba, and Speck

Description

Ever heard of an udu drum (a.k.a. ibo)? If you're curious, look it up. It's a Nigerian drum with a fascinating history. It looks like a clay pot with a hole on the side. When I first heard it, I was mesmerized by the sound. It's so bouncy! And so... here this non-drummer plays it. Of course, what I'm sharing is highly edited so it's actually, hopefully usable.

I also included some simple beats from a portable cajon.

Hope you dig!

Group Copyright: Kara Square, Kara Square

Samples are used in:

Remade (Imagination Rising mix) by Speck
Enigamination by Apoxode
Be Free (Imagination Rising Mix) by spinningmerkaba
nine and more by martinsea
distantudu by martinsea

Files / Stems

Name	Type	Size
▶ 1743772920_Udu (Ibo) & Cajon Drums.mp3	mp3	473 KB

▶ flac 69623_Udu (Ibo) & Cajon Drums.flac	flac	2.4 MB

▶ Udu (Ibo) Side Hole 69623_Udu (Ibo) Side Hole.flac	flac	930 KB

▶ Udu (Ibo) Top Hole 69623_Udu (Ibo) Top Hole.flac	flac	847 KB

▶ Udu (Ibo) Hand 69623_Udu (Ibo) Hand.flac	flac	1.3 MB

▶ Udu (Ibo) Bottom Snap 69623_Udu (Ibo) Bottom Snap.flac	flac	540 KB

▶ Cajon Low 69623_Cajon Low.flac	flac	424 KB

▶ Cajon High (Snare Wire) 69623_Cajon High (with Snare Wire Snap).flac	flac	391 KB

Comments

Speck Apr 13, 2025 6:10am

Great sound and feel. Definitely usable/useful.

spinningmerkaba Apr 12, 2025 1:33pm

I was looking for a rabbit hole stem....or a loop hole stem....lol

Apoxode Apr 8, 2025 11:22am

Great sample pack, Kara, and such high-quality. I think these will work with spinningmerkaba's shakers--I'm working on a blend right now :)

Snowflake Apr 4, 2025 2:15pm

absolutely beautiful udu Kara!!! it was especially meaningful that I saw you playing it live yesterday!!!