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Bat Makumba

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Member Since: 10/11/2005
Band Website: batmakumba.com
Band Members: Alex Koberle - Lead Voice, Guitar
Carl Remde - Bass, Voice
Emiliano Benevides - Percussion, Voice
David Gibbs - Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
Noah Waldman - Drums
Jason Moen - Keyboards
Daren Kennedy - Percussion

Influences: Chico Science, Samba Schools (from the warm sunny street Carnivals of Brazil), Lenine, Brazilian Modernism and Tropicalism art, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Zappa, Serge Gainsbourg, Chico Buarque among many, many others. The Universe is small to our art and influences.

Sounds Like: An artful mixture of neo-futuristic traditional Brazilian rhythms with the right quantity of the best North American/European spices. Funk and rock boiling and baking with samba, maracatu, frevo and baiao.

Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bat Makumba returns to SF Carnaval!

San Francisco Carnaval is almost here!!!Bat Makumba will be playing on the Main Stage (Harrison / 22nd St) at 4:00 pm on Sunday, May 24th.Bat Makumba on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 22:17:00 GMT

Brazilian Press Award Nomination!!! Please Vote.

Bat Makumba received 2 nominations for the Brazilian Press Awards! Please help by voting and spreading the word. http://www.pressaward.com/votacao.php Thanks!
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:40:00 GMT

Article in Brasil Best, Nov. ’08

Noite amena em São Francisco,  1:30 da matina.  O que era somente uma criança de repente envelheceu.  Os bares estão fechando, e a noite está prestes a entrar em um asilo. A madrugada p...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Flamengo- Homenagem ao Mengão da Banda Alternativa na Califórnia, Bat Ma...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLuSHuG05qc This song is called Fraturando and is from Bat Makumba's new release - Boteco. It is about longing for the time Flamengo, a team from Rio, was socc...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:28:00 GMT

SXSW 2008

The day we left for Austin, TX greeted us with a pick by Variety.com naming Bat Makumba one of a handful of "Must-See Acts at SXSW 2008". We’re off to a good start, I thought. We got here last n...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:25:00 GMT

Bat Makumba's Carnaval 2007 tour

Thanks to all who came out to support Bat Makumba's tour of the West Coast. It was a great success. We should be posting some pictures soon. Our veggie oil bus worked like a champ and we drove over 3,...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:34:00 GMT