West Cost Boogaloo Showcase ft Ideateam/El Metate/Crooked Stuff
Wed May 2, 9:30 PM - Thu May 3, 1:30 AM

"Expecting the funk in its purest primordial form: A confluence of tight, technical tunes dripping with that amalgam of mud and forest floor, where spores rise of their own accord and you have no choice but to sit and sully your blue-and-white dress to consider the mushroom, to heed the nearby placard reading: “Eat me.”
- Dave Kempa, Sacramento News & Review

Ideateam is a 9-piece ensemble driven to fuse many influences together in a fresh way. Loaded with two guitars, bass, drums, percussion, brass section, and soulful vocals, the group explores the corridors of groove while flipping through styles like a deck of cards, flowing in and around various genres, noticeably leaning on the funk. They brings sounds old and new, blended with a few drops of extraterrestrial soundscapes - presented by a group of people who simply love to play music. Ideateam has shared the stage with several festival / tour circuit favorites (Orgone, Polyrhythmics, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Monophonics, Rubblebucket, Scott Pemberton Band...) and has been honored to open for legends such as Bernard Purdie and The Headhunters. Ideateam’s debut album '&?!' (And What Now) landed in 2014 and contains original instrumental groove fusion. Their second full-length album 'Moving Still' hit October 2016. The group seeks to continue evolving the live music experience they are quickly becoming known for, and further cultivating a positive connection with people through music. Keep an eye out for their upcoming third full studio album in early 2018!

**EL METATE**

There are next level, life affirming bands out there...and then there's El Metate.

Since 2013, they've explored the outer realms of psychedelic funk through stop-on-a-dime originals and interpretations of rare groove classics awash in a haze of soaring guitar, Hammond Organ, and Fender Rhodes.Their music is not just a trip across the West Coast, but an intergalactic journey narrated by organ and horn stabs with a backbeat that fuels the rocket ride throu