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Percussionist - Richard Cabrita


Cabrita is one of Australia’s up and coming percussionists. He possesses a high skill level and a freshness of non-restrictive self design;

not locked in one tone all night. Cabrita is know for his versatility, quick ears, intuition, common sense and a willingness to adapt to different musical situations.

Having honed his skills in acoustic and rock circuits he has also played with national and international D.J.’s.

Cabrita captures the soul of Afro-Cuban percussion with today’s technology.

Cabrita is familiar with Hip Hop, Folk, House, Country, Breaks, R n’ B, Rock, Gospel ... All things groove and funky.

Born in Portugal; Cabrita has a love and knowledge of Latin percussion from his culture.

With congas as his main instrument and  well versed in auxiliary percussion, he fuses traditional percussion with electronics to create a new sound textures.

He has also been taught by some of the masters of percussion; Sunil da Silva (OZ), Mitch Farmer (OZ)) and Mestre Alexandre (BRAZIL).

MEINL is Cabrita's weapon of choice.

PHILOSOPHY ON BEING A PERCUSSIONIST

Being a percussionist is like being a character actor; you add the perfume to the musical context.

While there is room for some personal expression, it must be with in the context of the music and the gig.

You adapt to the role of the moment and you're functional, interesting and brilliant if possible with detracting from the whole. 

You keep the vibe crisp and the groove rolling.

 

DJ’S PLAYED WITH

MARK MYERS SYDNEY YU

IAN POOLEY GERMANY

DJ BASS BOY SYDNEY PLASTIC

TROY LAMB UK GATECRASHER

WILL CONNORS

GEORGE PATSAN

Q45

 
 

FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

INSOMNIA 04

SURFEST 04 & 05

SUNDAY VIBES NEWCASTLE

BLUE SKY TSUNAMI APPEAL 05

ST ALBANS FOLK FESTIVAL

WAT A FEST 05

 

BANDS AND ARTISTS

OWENELLE

PROLTUNG

ASK BOB

DEXTER

NIKSTA

BUBKISS

PATRICK O’NIEL

SOUL FELT

NORTHLAKES CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE

ALL STAR BAND ( MEMBERS FROM INXS SCREAMING JETS, SAVAGE GARDEN, DEXTER MOORE, CHRISTIAN MARSH, PARIS MCLOUD)

ENDORPHIN

OKE-E-PAH

   

RECORDINGS

2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS CLOUD STUDIOS

PROLTUNG DEMO

ASK BOB ROD MAC CORMACK STUDIO

LIVE FEEDS TO CHANNEL 31 AND INTERNET

For bookings please contact Tim Densley at Absolute Infinity on 1800 811-981 or info@absoluteinfinity.com.au
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