The Cheebacabra
Encyclopedia
The Cheebacabra is a psychedelic
funk
fusion
band on their own Mackrosoft Records label. The band was formed when Cheeba
parted ways with the Dust Brothers
production team to focus on his own productions. The first Cheebacabra album, Metamorphosis, was released in 2003 to critical acclaim. In 2006, the group released Exile in the Woods, with cover art by Desmond Morris
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Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band on their own Mackrosoft Records label. The band was formed when Cheeba
Aja West and Cheeba
Aja West and Cheeba are jazz fusion/funk musicians from the United States west coast. Aja West was born in 1976, and younger brother Cheeba was born May 8, 1979....
parted ways with the Dust Brothers
Dust Brothers
The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...
production team to focus on his own productions. The first Cheebacabra album, Metamorphosis, was released in 2003 to critical acclaim. In 2006, the group released Exile in the Woods, with cover art by Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris
Desmond John Morris, born 24 January 1928 in Purton, north Wiltshire, is a British zoologist and ethologist, as well as a popular anthropologist. He is also known as a painter, television presenter and popular author.-Life:...
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Band members
- Cheeba- Drums, organ, piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
- Alex VeleyAlex VeleyAlex Veley is an American rock musician, soul keyboardist and singer known for using classic keyboards like the Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, and Hohner Clavinet....
- Clavinet, organ, Fender Rhodes - Steve Black- Guitar
- The Gould Effect (Daniel Gould)- Organ, saxophone
- Snakerythms- Saxophone
- Victor Tapia- Percussion
- Aja WestAja WestAja West first emerged onto the music scene in 1998 with his debut record White Moses. In 1999, he released the progressive hip-hop album Trauma...Life in the E.R. on his own Mackrosoft Records label. The album pays homage to artists like Beastie Boys and Eminem...
- Drum fill, synthesizer, electric bass, cymbals - Steve MooreSteve MooreSteven Dean Moore is a former Canadian professional ice hockey center, best known for receiving what turned out to be a career-ending injury as a result of an illegal hit by then Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi....
- Synthesizer, piano - Dave Carter- Trumpet
- Fred Roth- Electric bass
- Money MarkMoney MarkMark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...
- Keyboards - David Mullenova
- Peter Scherr- Upright bass
- Jason Vontver
- Mike PorcaroMike PorcaroMike Porcaro is best noted as the bass player in the Grammy Award winning band, Toto.He is the middle brother of Toto members Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro...
- Bass guitar