Singulars

Beat the Grid is New York-based electric-soul-dance-rock. The band flexes many musical muscles to create a modern mosaic of pop and hip-hop beats, syncopated South American rhythms, driving West African percussion & guitar, and European electro-synth sensations. Each song is a commentary on the human experience and the mysteries of life, seamed by silky-sexy, siren-like vocals. Their driving dance music is fearlessly sprinkled with pockets of improvised spontaneity--one moment with meditative harmony, the next with thunderous and percussive pounding. The band's name evokes modern existence. The 'Beat' references the heart beat and beating out celebration, but also the act of outsmarting the 'Grid,' systems and technologies intruding on interpersonal connection. Since their beginnings in 2009 during college in Ithaca, NY, they play wherever they see fit, charging with the thrill of vigorous movement, determined to spread a feeling of cosmic accordance.