[Cover photo credit to Roberta Paolucci]

Three-time Grammy Award winning artist Fantastic Negrito has returned with “Beat Salad,” which hails from his upcoming album live album, Alive!, arriving July 17, 2026, via Storefront Records. Recorded live in Rubigen, Switzerland, “Beat Salad” captures the spontaneity and chemistry of a live band. The recording “embraces the electricity of a real performance, where instinct and feel always win.”

Fantastic Negrito says:

Beat Salad is exactly what it sounds like. I was chasing a feeling. I threw together all the music that’s been living inside me my whole life and let it become whatever it wanted to become. Sometimes the best songs surprise you.

Fantastic Negrito is currently on tour this summer with tour dates in the US, Europe, and more. Information on dates is here.

US Tour dates: 
Aug 20        Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
Aug 21        Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Plaza
Aug 22        Tucson, AZ @ La Rosa
Sept 26       San Francisco, CA @ Davies Symphony Hall (with the SF Symphony)