Oumi Kapila

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Oumi Kapila
Oumi Kapila with Combichrist San Francisco, CA October 21, 2016.jpg
Oumi Kapila with Combichrist San Francisco, CA October 21, 2016
Background information
Also known asThe Void [1]
Born (1984-09-16) September 16, 1984 (age 39)
Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
Origin Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • composer
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active1995–present
Labels Wind-Up, Pusher Music
Website www.oumikapila.com

Oumi Kapila (born September 16, 1984), a British-born Australian musician based in Los Angeles, most notable for being the lead guitarist for the American rock band Filter. He is also been a touring member of the aggro-tech band Combichrist and has recorded guitar for Billy Ray Cyrus. [2]

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He was awarded ‘Best Instrumental’ for his track ‘The Adventures of Johnny Stenchfoot’ at the Australian Independent Music Awards in 2013, [3] which featured Bryan Beller on bass and fellow Filter band-mate Chris Reeve on drums. [4]

On January 30, 2019, he released his full length experimental debut Bending Stress.

He is the composer for the 2022 film Hyperions [5] starring Cary Elwes.

Early life

Born in Coventry, UK, Kapila relocated to Perth, Australia where he pursued classical guitar studies. He was awarded 1st place at a local classical music eisteddfod at age 16, playing the music of Astor Piazzolla. He attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts majoring in Jazz Performance at the age of 17 and was later a finalist for the James Morrison Jazz Scholarship. [1]

Career

Filter

Richard Patrick and Kapila were introduced at a BMG Christmas party in LA by former Filter manager Gail Perry. After suggesting they work together, the two collaborated to write "Take Me To Heaven", the first single from Filter's seventh studio album, Crazy Eyes . [6] Soon after, Kapila would go on to continue write and produce with Patrick on the remaining tracks, with the exception of "Your Bullets", completed prior to his involvement with Ben Grosse. [7]

In March 2015, Kapila was invited to join Filter full-time as lead guitarist on a tour with Coal Chamber after Jonathan Radtke announced his departure to pursue other projects. [8] Upon completion of the album, the band embarked upon the ‘Make America Hate Again’ promotional tour in 2016, along with Orgy and Death Valley High, the ‘Make Europe Great Again’ tour with Combichrist [9] and performed at the Welcome To Rockville, Rover's Morning Glory's Roverfest, and Carolina Rebellion Festivals. [10]

Combichrist

In 2016, Kapila worked with German music label, Out of Line to produce Combichrist album, This Is Where Death Begins . He also fulfilled duties on guitar, bass, synths as well as mixing on the album. [11] After a joint European tour with Filter and Combichrist, frontman Andy LaPlegua invited Kapila to join the band on a celebratory tour honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Sepultura album Roots and to perform at the 2016 Knotfest in California.

Billy Ray Cyrus

Kapila performed the guitar solo on the fifth track "Good as Gone", on Billy Ray Cyrus's thirteenth studio album, Change My Mind in 2012. [2]

Freddie Ravel

In 2006, Kapila was a member of former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Freddie Ravel jazz group. [1]

Solo Work

On January 30, 2019, Kapila released his full-length debut experimental album Bending Stress [12]

Fix [13] was released on April 19, 2019, an album of original modern classical pieces.

Media

Kapila's music has been featured in trailers for films The 15:17 to Paris, Life , [14] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story., [15] Outlaw King, TV series Chernobyl, The X-Files, Gotham and video games World of Warcraft, Middle-earth: Shadow of War [16] and Dark Souls III. [1]

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