Santtu Silonsaari

Erika Vikman

Santtu Silonsaari

About

Paiste Artist Since
September 2022

Nationality
Finland

Main Affiliation
Erika Vikman

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Setup

Santtu Silonsaari

Cymbals listed from left to right

16" Masters Thin Hi-Hat
19" Masters Dark Crash
8" Formula 602 Modern Essentials Splash
10" PST X Swiss Splash
22" Signature Dark Energy Ride Mark II
20" Formula 602 Modern Essentials Crash
14" PST X Swiss Thin Crash (as stack top)
16" PST X Swiss Thin Crash (as stack bottom)

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Biography

Santtu Silonsaari is a Finnish musician who specializes in live performances. He currently plays with Erika Vikman, and aslo does a lot of freelance gigs with different artists from many genres. He is also available for remote drum recordings. In addition to playing the drums, he plays a large part as one of the arranger’s of Erika Vikman's Live performance. Santtu actively shares drum-related content on Instagram.

Setup Cymbals

Only standard models appear in this section.
  • Details

    Sizes: 20", 21", 22"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: A fusion of darkness, energy, projection and brilliance. Very wide range, complex, musical mix. Responsive feel, extremely controllable. Woody, silvery, spanky ping over crunchy, thriving wash. Extremely versatile, flexible ride for wide ranging application in modern blended music styles. Mark II: Tends to be a bit livelier and brighter. This manifests itself in the overall sound character and in particular in the bell and ping sound. Mark II also has a bit more volume potential due to its more open character.

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 10", 8"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Warm, airy, snarling, silvery. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft feel with a very responsive, explosive splash sound. Low tuned effect cymbal for lively accents in moderate volume. Well suited for hand-playing. Vinnie Colaiuta explains: “They are sweet, they are these kind of punctuation marks in the background.”

  • Sounds
  • Details

    Sizes: 10"
    Volume: Soft
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Warm, airy, breathy. Medium range, complex mix. Very explosive response with quick decay. Soft feel. A fast, light accent effect cymbal for many musical styles.

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  • Details

    Sizes: 16", 17", 18", 19", 20"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Dark, warm, smoky. Medium wide range, complex mix. Buttery, soft feel with quick response. Rich, dark, mystical crash sound with tender clarity. Extremely lively cymbal for broad accents and crashes in intimate to semi-loud settings. Well suited for delicate ride patterns or mallet swells. «For those guys who really appreciate just having a cymbal that can do everything, the larger Dark Crashes can do anything. Very crash-able, and if you want to ride on them, they will give you all the ride patterns in the world.» - Gregory Hutchinson

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