Brazilian Funk Rockers Bat Makumba At The Temple Bar

LOS ANGELES (www.batmakumba.com) - On September 17th, high-energy Brazilian funk rockers Bat Makumba's first Vegetable Oil powered SoCal tour will stop at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica! Please be sure to include this event in your calendar listings and Critic's picks.

The brainchild of Brazilian natives Alex Koberle and Emiliano Benevides and Americano bassist Carl Remde, Bat Makumba is the crossroad between the traditional music of their equatorial homeland and the punk, rock and funk influences of the US. Locals to San Francisco, Bat Makumba's show is a hip renegade carnaval party full of tropicalia tinged ska, punk influenced forro, and rock infused samba.

Since forming in 2000 the group has garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base throughout the West Coast. Winners of a 2004 California Music Award for Best Latin Alternative Album, Bat Makumba have been hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of Five Latin Bands to Watch, nominated for an SF Weekly Music Award, and their debut album was named one of the Best Records of the Year by the East Bay Express.

Bat Makumba's live show brings together an international palette of musicians and instrumentation (including zabumba, megaphone, clarinet and alfaia). Named after the 70s classic Tropicalia song by Caetano Veloso + Gilberto Gil (popularized by Os Mutantes), "Bat Makumba" loosely translates to mean the mixing of Brazilian traditionalism with international pop culture.
Don't miss this kinetic, percussive music... join the renegade carnaval party that is Bat Makumba!