Caka!ak Thunder

Music:

Member Since: 13/10/2005
Band Website: email us at [email protected]
Band Members: Poetic edition of our Points of Unity:We are the ones that play.Our amplified hearts beating in resistance to domination’s daily drone, we play for the liberation of bodies, minds, spirits, cultures, and earth.Believing the murmurs in our communities can turn into movements, we play to support local communities facing and fighting oppression.We play because people before us played. We honor and respect the roots and histories of samba and create culture as a tool of resistance, and a vehicle of hope.Walking together in rhythm, we play to discipline our bodies believing that the fire of our sound will help dance a new world into existence, a world where the harmony and discords of life are remixed as music.In black and blue, we play our drums with courage knowing that any struggle against the status quo makes you subject to a bruising.
Influences: Samba, hip hop, southern collegiate marching bands, peoples' movements around the world and especially in the global south and southern US. Specific influences include Yacumbe, Olodum, the NCA&T drum line, our sometimes-maestre Eduardo da Sauza, do-it-yourself "DIY" culture, and everyone who comes to play with us.
Sounds Like:

Stop Cliffside from Chris Teague on Vimeo .