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 (2011)
Her self-penned songs Reencountro Tu Ojos, Staying Closer, Alegria, are pulsed by scintillating vocal percussion, interlocking, Pan-Afro/American rhythmic structures, tinges of Joni Mitchell-style rock timbres, and flamenco-flavored handclaps. ❋ Unknown (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 (2011)
Just two notes make up the title track's instantly memorable intro; the stunning Pot features little but harmonies and handclaps. ❋ Unknown (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 (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 (2010)
Catchy pop tunes, consumer kitsch, church choirs, staccato handclaps and a shipwreck of luxury cars are all thrown into the hallucinatory mix. ❋ Unknown (2012)
With a cassette tape going "jjj SPACE jjj SPACE etc" and handclaps at the end when you had to go to the next line. ❋ Unknown (2009)
“To Step Aside” is another good one, helped along by exotic handclaps and a mysterious sample of children chanting. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Yet it is the handclaps that draw an intriguing parallel between Qawwali and Tuareg music, and it was the 'instrument' that molded these two sounds together. ❋ Derek Beres (2011)
Also in the mix was "The Thorny Thicket," with tambourine, handclaps, raging bullish electric guitar runs and a "We choose love / we choose light" refrain that intensifies with each passing verse, including: ❋ Michael Bialas (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. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ Unknown (2011)
[touch the sky] by [kanye west] is such a handclaps [song] ❋ Lksdfn (2006)
1) Dave: Everyone in the office seems really happy about this award we won!
[Nelly]: It really is turning into a festival of handclaps.
2) Dave: Wow, where did all these people come from?! I can't find a thing!
Nelly: I'm tired of this festival of handclaps! [Clap clap] clap!
3) Dave: Why is everyone so [chipper]? That's the third client we've lost this month!
Lauren: They are acting like they're oblivious... It's a total festival of handclaps! ❋ Sapphires And Swingstars (2006)
