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constantly think- tionably stronger than the sum of its parts.
ing about dance.” “It’s just a fine balance of blending syn-
With natu- thesized sounds with the string sections and
ral string quar- horn sections... we’ve doubled a lot of things
tets fused into a and we’ll mimic acoustic distortions with
synthetic blast of synthesized stuff – it’s like going back and
live electronica forth and trying to create sort of a synthesis.
A book column dedicated to recom-
and an angelic It’s a new kind of sound,” Satori said.
mending good reads belly-dancing fig- What truly brings the show to life,
ure who carefully though, is Zoe Jake’s dance and theatrics,
curves her body to which give the audience a beautiful corpo-
the music one mo- real translation of the live music. While her
ment and picks up ornate costumes and the smooth, symbolic
a bass drum the body movements seem diva-like, her eye
next, Beats An- contact, proximity and the occasional smirk
PHOTO BY NICHOLAS FARLEY
tique’s “traveling reveal the truth of her presence; not as an ob-
Beats Antique perform Middle East inspired electronica at the the Wonder Ballroom. roadshow” some- jectified musical icon, but rather as a partici-
BY NICHOLAS FARLEY how turns nonsense and contradiction into a pant in the collective musical experience.
Staff Writer beautiful aura of audiovisual coherence. “It’s just straight up performance art... her
“You know, all three of us come from influence has really hitched around being a
Oakland-based music trio Beats Antique more of the performance sort of live music choreographer and feeling the dance in her
emerged from their bio-fueled caravan in band world,” said Cappel. “So a lot of fans body [and] being able to bring that out in
Northeast Portland to transform the Won- appreciate that we’re taking the electronic our productions,” Satori said.
der Ballroom into a fantastical playground music to a new level and incorporating all At the end of the show, all the performers
of sound, color and movement last Saturday. the live elements. A lot people aren’t doing flooded the stage dressed in full animal cos-
As Dave Satori, Zoe Jakes and Tommy it and I think it just adds a fuller sound that tumes, prancing around in a chaotic whirl-
“Sidecar” Cappel produced a smooth flow you can’t get any other way.” wind of surrealism that culminated in the
of Middle Eastern melodies to the ominous This clever musical synthesis constitutes a morbid yet whimsical ignition of a five-foot
undertone of a multi-layered bass throb, truly unique musical and cultural pastiche, long confetti machine gun, leaving the audi-
the sweaty jungle of eclectic and colorfully- channeling all of the raw electronic energy ence in a state of simultaneous jubilance and
dressed spectators became an interactive fes- of the West coast dance scene, with elements utter confusion.
tival of music and dance. ranging from electronic glitch to the dubstep “Ultimately, I think we’re just exposing
“The band is totally founded around wobble into the organic tranquility of world people to new types of sounds,” Cappel con-
BY SARA MILLER
Staff Writer making music for dance,” said Satori, “so music. cluded.