This page contains an incomplete list of links providing an overview of how PANArt and its instruments are perceived and commented in media and on the Internet.
Internet forums
- hangforum.com – The Archive
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The Hang Forum was founded in spring 2009 by the Hang players Frank Sturm and Michael Paschko. It was comprehensively restructured and relaunched in autumn 2010. Besides the editorial “News” section and the public “Foyer” the Hang Forum provided the “Hang Players Room”, a non-public discussion forum especially for Hang players. End of July 2014 it was closed for further writing but stays online as archive for documentation purposes. - The PANArt Hang [en]
Sub-forum in the Internet forum handpan.org - Hang-Music Forum [en][de][fr][es][nl][it]
From 2006 to 2009 this forum was the most important discussion platform for Hang players on the Internet. After its focus had changed from the Hang to handpans in general in the course of 2009 it was closed and relaunched under the title HandPan.org – The place for HandPan players. Large parts of its contents were archived by web.archive.org. - Yahoo group “PANArt Hang (musical instrument)” [en]
Started in September 2004 by Clint Goss this Yahoo group didn’t achieve a high reach and is since 2010 virtually no longer in use. - Yahoo group “HANG” [en]
Started in July 2001 on the initiative of PANArt, this Yahoo group was a first try of a communication platform on the Internet. However, it never really got going. With only very little activity at the beginning only spam posts can be found since 2003.
Articles and Videos in Newspapers and Online Media
- How to buy a Hang “Drum” [en]
Video by Mark D’Ambrosio, February 18th, 2016 - The musical instrument bucking the free market [en]
by Dom Aversano, published on domaversano.com: December 1st, 2014 - Instrumentenkunde: Das Hang [de]
by Ralph Hofbauer, published on 78s.ch: November 9th, 2014 - Schweizer Musiker erfinden das Hang und das Gubal [de]
by Maria Frickenstein, published on nw-news.de (Neue Westfälische): July 2nd, 2014 - The hang – Life-changing, a chimera or just a drum? [en]
Das Hang – Lebensverändernd, Hirngespinst oder nur eine Steelpan? [de]
“Made in Berne” – Les créateurs du Hang Drum dépassés par leur succès [fr]
El ‘hang’ – ¿Una quimera o un simple tambor? [es]
by Jessica Dacey, published on swissinfo.ch: May 9th (en), May 25th (de), June 12th (fr), July 8th (es) 2014 - «Vu Hang» zu Gubal [de]
published on spuren.ch: January, 2014 - Cupola. A short history of a new instrument [en]
by Lauri Wuolio, published on medium.com/the-cupolist: October 18th, 2013 - New resonance [en]
by Helen Wallace, 18 ft.com: March 18, 2012 - Hang: Unbekanntes Klangobjekt [de]
by Jan Wittenbrink, published on fudder.de: June 29th, 2011 - Singende Ufos
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by Thomas Kirchner, published in Süddeutsche Zeitung: November 13th, 2010 - Bewitching musical hearts across the world [en]
by Rayna Jahaveri, published on newindianexpress.com: September 19th, 2010 - Hanging out with music [en]
Interview with Kelly Hutchinson, published on bbc.co.uk/berkshire/: August 7th, 2008) - How to get the hang of the latest sound [en]
by Colin Irwin, published on theguardian.com: July 24th, 2008 - Abhängen [de]
by Maurice de Beaulieu (pseudonym of Maximilian Beyme), published in PENDING 008: November, 2007 - El Hang [es]
by Joost, published on /amorzzzzzzzz.blogspot.de: August 25th, 2007 - Hang spielen im Breisgau und südlichen Hochschwarzwald [de]
by Ekkehard Kaier, published on frsw.de: 2007-2011 - Hang – Intervista PANArt [it]
published on mescalina.it: July 27th, 2006 - Hang (Hang Drum) [en]
by John Pascuzzi, published on oddmusic.com: 2003, extended: 2007 - PANArt Hang [en]
by Ian M. Dogole, published on jazztimes.com: May, 2003
Radio Broadcasts
- The Hang Drum Phenomenon [en]
Radio documentary on BBC Radio 4, published on bbc.co.uk: July 18th, 2015 - De hang, schaars goed [nl]
Radio documentary by Mirjam van Biemen, published on 2doc.nl: May, 2013 - Das Hang im Jazz [de]
Radio feature by Manuela Krause, published on soundcloud.com: November, 2011 - Ethereal Swiss Instrument Like ‘Water Over Bells’ [en]
Randy Granger about the Hang, published on npr.org: June 27th, 2007
Wikipedia
Wikipedia has currently articles about the Hang in 28 languages (status January 2017). Their quality is very variable from rudimentary texts with errors and lacking references to well-researched and comprehensive articles with detailed references. Accordingly they need a critical reading. Only the German and the English articles are maintained constantly and checked for correct contents.
Articles about the Gubal are available in four languages (status January 2017). The current version of the English Article was written by Michael Paschko. The German and the French articles are translations of the English article.
YouTube Videos
Today YouTube contains a vast number of videos with instruments by PANArt, predominantly Hang videos. As Hang is not a sufficiently specific keyword, many video titles use the designation hang drum. However, many handpan videos also use this term. Either the handpan is falsly called hang drum in the video title, or phrases like “no hang drum” or the like are added. Therefore better search results are achieved by using a combination of the two keywords PANArt und Hang.