Strengthening a percussion portfolio that already includes Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Remo, Toca, Vater, and Vic Firth, KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) has announced that it has been appointed to serve as the sole United States distribution partner of Paiste America (www.paiste.com)
, one of the world’s most renowned lines of cymbals, hand cymbals, and gongs that includes the iconic Paiste 2002 Series and the highly respected Paiste Signature Series.
“The addition of Paiste to our already extensive percussion portfolio reinforces our position as the MI retailer’s only true one-stop source for all of their percussion needs,” KMC Music vice president of Merchandising Roger Hart emphasized today. “We are proud to be able to offer our customers the cymbals used by artists that include Stewart Copeland, Nicko McBrain, Ian Paice, and Alex Van Halen, among many, many others.”
The success of Paiste can be directly attributed to the core philosophy that underlies all of its product development programs. “As a family business, we have always been driven by the goal to constantly create new sounds with cymbals, gongs, and bronze percussion instruments that meet the unique needs of drummers and percussionists,” explained Paiste CEO Erik Paiste. “And now, with the help of KMC Music’s extensive in-field sales, merchandising, and support teams, the Paiste line of cymbals and gongs is going to be more immediately available to the largest network of MI retailers in the world’s largest MI retail marketplace.” Key house accounts will continue to be served by Paiste America and its own sales team.
“Experimentation, integration, and revolution are all a normal part of the Paiste product development effort,” Erik Paiste continued. “The art of percussion has evolved to a point where the technical and musical components that go into creating ‘sound’ have reached unprecedented new heights. Today’s drummers and percussionists speak many musical languages and actively perform in several genres. Paiste is committed to keeping up with these trends and, as a result, our product line today meets more musical styles and needs than ever before.”
