Music:
Member Since: 11/6/2005
Band Website: agualibre.com
Band Members:
Rico Pabon
Destani Wolf
Steve Hogan
Valentino
Dave
Isaac
Choco
Camilo Landau
Darren Smith
Colin Hogan
The formidable talent of this Berkeley/San Francisco based collective includes:
Destani Wolf: (Vocalist/Lyricist) Cultivated with music since birth, Destani’s voice leads her down many paths, from Berkeley High School, formal training since 11 yrs old, a BA in music @ San Francisco State Univ., to sharing her voice and inspiration with her community and all around the world. Destani composes music for all the groups shes involved in, including her self entitled group, music of world soul beats. For four years she performed, released two albums, and toured internationally with SoVoSó an a cappella band, the offshoot of Bobby Mcferrins Voicestra. Her vocals were featured on My Flesh and Blood, a HBO documentary that won the audience award of Sundance 2003. Wolf also sang on John Santos album SF Bay recently nominated for a 2003 Grammy and 2003 California Music Award. She has recorded and/or continues playing with John Santos, Benny Rietveld (Santana), Bobi Cespedes Rezos, Pharcyde, Crown City Rockers (MISSION), Omar Sosa, and rides with many other Bay Area Treasures including the AguaLibre crew. www.destaniwolf.com
Rico Pabon: (Vocalist/MC) Hard times and beauty come together where the stage meets the dance floor. For Rico Pabón, Hip Hop is a form of oral history -- one that passes along the details that schoolbooks leave out. Pabón is the lead member of Project Bridge (formerly Prophets of Rage) and MC for S.F.-Bay Area Afro-Latin Hip Hop band O-Maya. His poetic lyrics, bound by the theme that struggle feeds beauty, combined with his rhythmic delivery, make him one of the Bays favorite MCs. Through his music, he seeks out righteous action, raising a fist for activists and challenging oppression and injustice everywhere. He has shared the stage with renowned artists such as Run DMC, Piri Thomas, Spearhead, DEAD PREZ, GANGSTARR, NICE & SMOOTH, WU TANG CLAN, FUGEES, ZION I, TITO NIEVES, and YOMO TORO.
Steve Hogan: (electric bass) - Born and raised in the Bay Area, Steve credits his parents - both musicians involved in world music - with exposing him and his brothers (also musicians) to a large variety of music from around the globe at an early age. In high school Steve began to study the bass seriously, and was quickly drawn to various latin styles as well as jazz and funk. He graduated from U.C. Berkeley, all the while developing his career as a gigging musician around the Bay Area and beyond. Some of the acts that Steve has performed with include: Goapele, The Coup, Zion-I, Heuman Flavor and Gamelan Sekar Jaya. In addition to O-Maya, Steve currently performs with Project Bridge (formerly Prophets of Rage) and latin-pop singer Victor Soleil. Steve also beatboxes (vocal percussion) with the all-body band Slammin’.
Valentino Pellizzer-Salgado( drums) is a Northern California Native who has molded and refined his drumming style through his involvement with the world renowned Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble and followed up with his studies at the New School for Social Reaserch’s Jazz and Contemporary Music Program in New York. Valentino has performed with Zion-I, Takitha of WuTang and Money-B from Digital Underground, with local Jazz legend Ed Kelly, Robert Stewart, David Gilmore and Branford Marsalis, Pete Escovedo, Gino Blackwell (formerly with Parliament), and Nelson Braxton (Braxton Brothers). If you love good music, Keep your eyes, ears and potatoes peeled for Mr. Pellizzer-Salgado’s future works.
David M. Flores: (Timbales) Drummer, percussionist & educator. For over 13 years David has shared his passion for music with elementary, high school and adult students. Not only has David had the opportunity to perform internationally, he has shared the stage with San Franciscos foremost musicians including Mark Levine, Orestes Vilato, Jesus Diaz, John Santos, Peter Erskine, Mary Wells and Pete Escovedo. Constantly inspired by the talent that surrounds him, he continues to flourish, create and share his love of music.
Ali Choco Luna (percussion) has been performing since he was ten years old. At fifteen Ali was playing with local Latin bands like Rice & beans Latin Jazz group and was also a member of Orquesta Pabon a salsa band and was a founding member of Grupo Guanina a folkloric Bomba collective. Ali has studied under Israel Pabon, Jorge Arce and Tito Ayala. His Styles range from Latin jazz, hip-hop, salsa and folkloric afro-Boricua Bomba and Plena. Currently Ali plays with such groups as Project Bridge a Puerto Rican hip- hop group and Son Borikua, a traditional bomba and plena ensemble. Ali is also the musical director for Grupo Paule. He has had the honors to share the stage with artist such as Edwin pabon, Chichito Cepeda, Ito Carrillo and John Santos.
Influences:
MyGen
Profile Generator
Type of Label: None
