"SOMEONE'S ALIVE IN THERE" said a patron after watching 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.

Cabrita has gone back to learn Portugal's own Adufe (a square frame drum).

Cabrita has recorded at some of Australia's premier recording studios, such as, Rod Mc Commack's, Cloud Studios and Grove Studios (formally Mangrove Studios).

 He has also been taught by some of the masters of percussion; Sunil da Silva (OZ), Mitch Farmer (OZ), Marcelo Malovini (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.