Ape Drums

Eric Alberto-Lopez (born 28 June 1990), known professionally as Ape Drums, is an American DJ and record producer.[1] Ape Drums is known for fusing electronic dance music with Caribbean sounds, described by THUMP as "Modern Dancehall Music."[2] He is also one third of the DJ/production trio Major Lazer, replacing Jillionaire in the summer of 2019.

Ape Drums
Birth name	Eric Alberto-Lopez
Born	28 June 1990 Houston, Texas, United States
Genres	Dancehall, moombahton electronic
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ
Instruments	Synthesizer, DAW, Sampler
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Fool's Gold Records, OWSLA, Mad Decent
Associated acts	Diplo, Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, DJ Snake, Walshy Fire

Career

His debut single "Bashment" was released in 2014 on Slow Roast Records.[2] His Major Lazer collaboration, "The Way We Do This," (a reimagining of the classic "Bookshelf Riddim") was played at festivals worldwide by the group, before it was finally released in 2016 on Ape Drums' debut Mad Decent EP.[3] Later in 2016 Ape Drums released "LFUTP" featuring up-and-coming Philly artist Lil Uzi Vert via Fools Gold Records.[4]

Ape Drums gained a new level of international notoriety when his single "Mutant Brain" was used in the 2016 Kenzo World ad campaign, directed by Spike Jonze and starring actress Margaret Qualley. The single was then quickly signed and released by Interscope Records.[5]

On June 1, 2019 At the Governors Ball Music Festival, it was officially announced that Ape Drums would replace Jillionaire as the new member of Major Lazer. The trio now consists of founding member Diplo, Walshy Fire and Ape Drums.[6]

As artist

Year	Title	Label
2012	Lion	Believe Digital
2012	Turn It Up Again	Cherry Drop Records
2012	Casio	Believe Digital
2013	Worl'boss ft. Vybz Kartel	Universal Music Group
2014	Bashment	Slow Roast Records
2015	The Symphony	Believe Digital
2016	Magic City	Seed
2017	Ghost	Spinnin' Records
2017	Deva ft. Suku	Mad Decent
2017	CHUPACABRA (with Carnage)	Heavyweight Records
2018	Go Crazy ft. Dougie F	Mad Decent
2018	LFUTP ft. Rizzoo Rizzoo & Lil Uzi Vert	Universal Music Group
2018	Shellz ft. Denzel Curry & Frizzo	Spinnin' Records
2018	The Way We Do This ft. Major Lazer & Busy Signal	Mad Decent
2019	Bed Squeak ft. Nicky Da B (with Wuki)	Insomniac Records	Mad Decent
2020	Delete ft. Beam	Vision Sound	Mad Decent

As feature artist

Year	Title	Label
2016	Pitbull 'Can't Have' ft. Steven A. Clark & Ape Drums	RCA Records

Remixes

Year	Title
2013	M.I.A 'Bring the Noize' (Ape Drums Remix)
2014	Skrillex & Kill The Noise 'Recess' (Ape Drums Remix) ft. Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos
2014	Yellow Claw 'Dancehall Soldier' (Ape Drums Remix) ft. Beenie Man
2014	Autoerotique 'LZR BASS' (Ape Drums Remix)
2014	Tony Matterhorn Duttiest Wine (Ape Drums & Diplo Remix)
2014	Indian Summer 'Loveweights (Ape Drums Remix)
2015	Steven A. Clark 'Can't Have' (Ape Drums Remix)
2015	Major Lazer 'Jet Blue Jet' (Ape Drums Remix)
2016	P-Money & Gappy Ranks 'Baddest' (Ape Drums Remix)
2016	Yellow Claw 'Nightmare' ft. Pusha T & Barrington Levy (Ape Drums Remix)
2017	Machel Montano & Sean Paul 'One Wine' ft. Major Lazer (Ape Drums Remix)
2018	AlunaGeorge 'Mean What I Mean' (Ape Drums Remix)
2018	Dillon Francis We The Funk ft. Fuego (Ape Drums Remix)
2018	BURNS 'Hands On Me' (Ape Drums Remix) ft. Maluma & Rae Sremmurd
2020	Britney Spears 'Mood Ring' (Ape Drums Remix)

References

1. "Ape Drums Found Himself, and Has Been Winning Ever Since". Complex. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
2. "Ape Drums Makes Modernized Dancehall Music | Thump". Thump. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
3. "Ape Drums - The Way We Do This (feat. Major Lazer & Busy Signal)". www.dancingastronaut.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
4. "Ape Drums, Lil Uzi Vert, and Rizzoo Rizzoo Just Guaranteed All Your Parties Will Rule with "LFUTP" - Noisey". noisey. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
5. "Watch Spike Jonze's New Madcap Musical Short Film | Nerdist". Nerdist. 2016-08-29. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
6. "Jillionare Leaves Major Lazer, Replaced By Ape Drums - Billboard". billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-20.