French manufacturer of "Ujazi" didgeridoos

Julien Doutaz, Who is he?

"A sound engineer by training, I encountered the didgeridoo when I lived in New Zealand. I discovered it through an Australian friend and maker who taught me how to make it vibrate. I learned its importance , a little about its history and what it means to practice the didgeridoo When returning to France I felt the need to be in contact with wood and nature again and the desire to make my own instruments. pushed me to embark on the Ujazi Didgeridoo project."

Comment Does Julien do his didgs?

It is my attraction to the didgeridoo which, since 2011, has led me to make my instruments and create Ujazi Didgeridoo. Since October 2015, thanks to so much encouragement, I have made it my main activity. I started this adventure to fuel a passion and to continue this permanent search for new forms, new sounds, new harmonics, new woods and new people with whom to share all of this.

By experimenting with sounds, sculptures, woods, shapes and their associations, I seek to create unique, handmade, high-quality objects that can find and resonate something different in everyone. I work closely with people wishing to host my didgeridoos to be able to create a truly personal object, a unique sculpture, a complete instrument.

I select the species and pieces of wood according to the characteristics that I wish to give to the instrument and everything is done, both in the thinking and in the sculpture and finishes, so that the didgeridoo meets my quality criteria. sound. It is a continuous search to perfectly combine aesthetics, harmonic quality and playability. With imagination and a lot of work I live this project to offer, I hope, the best to the world of didgeridoo.