One of my favorite bay area local groups is Beats Antique.
Beats Antique has one of the most unique sounding styles of music I have ever
heard. The group has two main musicians David Satori and Tommy Cappel. Satori
plays the guitar, violin, banjo and othjer stringed instruments. He also does
looping and electronic sounds through his lap top. One aspect of Satori’s style
of playing is that he will play the banjo and other stringed instruments with a
violin bow. This offers a very wide range of sounds he is able to create.
Cappel is the drummer and as a drummer myself he is one of the best drummers I
have ever seen live. He uses mostly hip hop driven beats while also throwing in
his own style of soloing. While creating their albums the duo traveled to Bali,
West Africa, and Serbia. This has allowed them to explore different styles of
music which they incorporate into their electronic hip hop style songs. A third
member of the group is Zoe Jakes. Jakes is a world renowned belly dancer which
adds a third dimension top their shows. She is the face of the group and
performs with them live to help form the mood and feeling to the goal of their
music. She also will play a marching style bass drum on her chest while belly
dancing. It is quite a sight. I was blessed to catch their set at Coachella
Music Festival in 2012 and it was by far my favorite of the whole festival. The
drummer did not stop playing once. There performance showed that their goal is
more than just the music but to put on an actual show with their professional
dancers leaded by Jakes. The best way for me to describe it is that they got as
weird as possible on stage in a tasteful manor. If you ever get a chance to see
this group it will be your money well spent and you will leave the show flabbergasted
at the intense performance you have just witnessed. They are bringing a new
style to hip hop music with their worldly influences.
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