Dos Santos: Anti-Beat Orquesta is a Chicago-based band that rocks the sounds of popular Latin dance genres with psychedelic flare, from Colombian Cumbia to Afro-Caribbean Salsa. Recently voted Chicago's Best Emerging Artist of 2015 by the Deli Magazine's Readers Poll, their gritty and grassroots approach captures the “golden age” of streamlined tight-knit ensembles of the 1970s and 80s that shook sweatbox dance floors with fierce energy all over Latin America—honest dance music with no frills and no fear, anchored by reverb-slathered guitars, Hammond organ, and syncopated percussion.

After making their debut in May of 2013, Dos Santos has been steadily making the rounds at Chicago's premiere live music venues and festivals—from the prestigious Millennium Park Summer Music Series at the Pritzker Pavilion to the exclusive Chicago World Music Festival. In March of 2015, they released their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album Dos Santos and subsequently made appearances at SXSW, the Pachanga Latino Music Festival, and the Ruido Fest Latin Alternative Music Festival. They've toured the U.S. Southwest, East Coast, and have showcased at the APAP Global Performance Arts Conference and Marketplace. In addition, they have taped live sessions at the world-renowned Latin music headquarters Congahead Studios with the legendary Martin Cohen and WBEZ Chicago's Live From Studio 10 curated by Vocalo, among others. The band is set to release their follow-up EP entitled “Fonografic” on Electric Cowbell Records on October 1, 2016 which was produced by Beto Martínez of Grammy Award-winning Grupo Fantasma.

The group's five members (Peter Vale, Alex Chavez, Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo, Jaime Garza, Nathan Karagianis) have their own storied careers in a range of styles—including jazz, R&B/soul, traditional Mexican folk, punk, cumbia, salsa, and electronica—in addition to a history of critical involvement in arts education and social justice organizing. Their visceral sound draws from this sonic, cultural, and political well of influence, and is guaranteed to make you move.

"From the fragrances of Cuban dining rooms to the roots of Peru and Colombia's Afro-Caribbean dishes, this Chicago group has been nourished by a steady diet of Latin influences whose seasoning gives their music a distinctive flavor …Apart from their ability to capture all of that which they have been able to savor, it is very encouraging to know that they build bridges in a place where some want to build a wall." — RBMA Radio Panamérika

http://www.dossantoschi.com/