Pedro Santos or Pedro Sorongo was a Brazilian pecussionist, scraper and Reco-Reco player. During the 60's and the 70's worked with well respected artists such as Elis Regina, Sebastião Tapajós, Baden Powell. He invented instruments like the sorongo, the bambu eletrônico (electronic bamboo), the berimbau de boca (mouth berimbau), and many others. In 1968 his only solo album was released under the title of Krishnanda, the sound being a mix with styles such as African rhythms
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Pedro Santos or Pedro Sorongo was a Brazilian pecussionist, scraper and Reco-Reco player. During the 60's and the 70's worked with well respected artists such as Elis Regina, Sebastião Tapajós, Baden Powell. He invented instruments like the sorongo, the bambu eletrônico (electronic bamboo), the berimbau de boca (mouth berimbau), and many others. In 1968 his only solo album was released under the title of Krishnanda, the sound being a mix with styles such as African rhythms, psychedelic atmospheres, studio trickery and oriental mysticism with Portuguese vocals and some instrumental tracks.
