Biography

Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Painted Caves have earned a notoriety for their exceptionally unique, Arab-American music and entrancing LIVE performance. Based on an establishment of Western experimentation and Middle-Eastern custom, the gathering uses conventional people and jazz instruments (oud, daf, trumpet, woodwind) as a base and point of convergence against a setting of sleep-inducing mood (guitar, bass, percussion) and fantastic, elevating songwriting. Flawlessly merging shoegaze twisting with fragile microtones and vocal harmonies, their music transports the audience from the North's sands of African desert to the sunny shorelines of Baja California and the considerable ocean past, with irresistible furrows and expressive snares keeping organization on a musical trip that is exciting, intelligent, and celebratory. Their presentation collection 'Painted Caves' was released on Amarrass Records in March 2015 and has been on the college radio station outlines in the US this late spring! They have shown up at the Milwaukee Art Museum and Chill on the Hill, and at Madison's La Fete de Marquette '13, the Lake Moon Festival '14, and Summer Soulstice Festival '14. The gathering made their global introduction at the Amarrass Music Festival in New Delhi, India in Nov. 2014 and play select dates around the Midwest in Summer/Fall 2015 including Summerfest, River Rhythms Milwaukee, Chill on the Hill and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.