Satoria was formed in London in 2016 when Simon O'Keeffe met Oswaldo Santos and Ecem Uzgor. After a year of research and collaboration with other
musici
ens, they have troe found what they were looking for by meeting and working with Bora Bekiroglu and Rudy Levi's.
The concept behind Satoria is inspired by Simon's many studies of Buddhism, yoga, Chi Gung and the Chinese martial arts. The origin of the name comes from the Japanese Zen term Satori, which means to awaken and discover one's true nature.
He had a vision of a place called Satoria, a utopia where humans transcend labels of race, class and background to find unity. A place where we embrace our differences, yet know that deep down, we are the same.
Satoria combines influences from rock, progressive, jazz, folk and world music from Africa, the West Indies and Turkey.
