Lori Vambe

A London-based drummer and experimental instrument maker, Lori Vambe is known for creating his own stringed drumgita percussion instrument. He released two 1982 albums that gained cult status and were the focus of 2023's Space-Time Dreamtime: The Four Dimensional Music of Lori Vambe on Strut Records. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Vambe grew up the son of leading Zimbabwean journalist and author Lawrence Vambe. Interested in the arts and performing, he moved to London in 1959, where he became involved in the Brixton squat movement. It was during this period that he taught himself ...