Ape Drums

Eric Alberto-Lopez, professionally known as Ape Drums, is a genre-bending DJ and producer whose journey from cassette tape daydreams to global festival stages has been anything but ordinary. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, the Mexican-American artist first fell in love with music at an early age, obsessively dissecting tracks while listening to music and teaching himself how songs were built. Fascinated by the sounds and structures of the songs he grew up listening to, he taught himself how to arrange music—long before he had access to proper gear. He always had a sense of what people wanted to hear, instinctively tailoring his ideas to move the crowd. Originally dreaming of becoming a scratch DJ, Ape Drums shifted his path after watching The Martinez Brothers—two young Latin kids just like