Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Back in 2023, I had the opportunity to track drums for the song titled 'The Beast', which was for the Netflix show Arcane, season 2. I was such a big fan of season 1, and I honestly couldn't believe it when I got the call to track drums for a song on season 2. It was crazy surreal watching season 2 and hearing the song come on. Such an amazing show! Huge thanks to Sebastien Najand and Misha Mansoor for the opportunity!
Kontakt Drum Instrument Available - rsdrums.com/monarch
Here's what I'm using in this video:
Tama Starclassic Walnut Birch in Lacquer Arctic Blue Oyster
10" x 6.5" Rack Tom
12" x 7" Rack Tom
14" x 12" Floor Tom (Left)
16" x 14" Floor Tom (Right)
18" x 16" Floor Tom (Right)
22" x 16" Kick Drum
14" x 6.5" SLP Black Brass
Meinl Cymbals (from left to right):
- 18" Byzance Traditional Medium Crash
- 10" Classics Custom Dual Splash
- 15" Pure Alloy Extra Hammered Hats
- 18" Pure Alloy Extra Hammered Hats
- 8" Benny Greb Signature Crasher Hats
- 20" Pure Alloy Ride
- 18" Pure Alloy Medium Crash
- 16" Mb10 Medium Crash and 18" Byzance Traditional China (Stack)
- 18" Classics Custom Extreme Metal China
Evans Drumheads:
- Heavyweight Snare Batter
- 500 Snare Side
- EC2 Clear Tom Batter
- G1 Clear Tom Resonant
- EQ4 Clear Kick Batter
Sticks: Meinl Stick & Brush Anup Sastry Signature
Pedals: Tama Dyna Sync
Shoes: Vratim Drum Shoes
Microphones:
- AKG 414 for overheads
- Shure Beta 57 for snare top
- Shure SM 57 for snare bottom
- Sennheiser MD 421 for toms
- Shure Beta 91 A for kick in
- Shure Beta 52 for kick out
- Shure 98 D/S for ride and stack
- Shure SM 81 for hi hats
- Shure SM 81 for china
- Coles 4038 for close room
- Soyuz 013 for far room
- BAE 1073's for toms
- Heritage Audio DM 73 for overheads
- Precision 8 for far room and cymbal close mic's
- Prodigy Engineering for kick, snare, and close room
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meinlcymbals.com
meinlstickandbrush.com
tama.com
evansdrumheads.com
vratim.com
instagram.com/anupsastry
facebook.com/AnupSastryMusic
anupsastry.com
anupsastry.bandcamp.com
Back in 2023, I had the opportunity to track drums for the song titled 'The Beast', which was for the Netflix show Arcane, season 2. I was such a big fan of season 1, and I honestly couldn't believe it when I got the call to track drums for a song on season 2. It was crazy surreal watching season 2 and hearing the song come on. Such an amazing show! Huge thanks to Sebastien Najand and Misha Mansoor for the opportunity!
Kontakt Drum Instrument Available - rsdrums.com/monarch
Here's what I'm using in this video:
Tama Starclassic Walnut Birch in Lacquer Arctic Blue Oyster
10" x 6.5" Rack Tom
12" x 7" Rack Tom
14" x 12" Floor Tom (Left)
16" x 14" Floor Tom (Right)
18" x 16" Floor Tom (Right)
22" x 16" Kick Drum
14" x 6.5" SLP Black Brass
Meinl Cymbals (from left to right):
- 18" Byzance Traditional Medium Crash
- 10" Classics Custom Dual Splash
- 15" Pure Alloy Extra Hammered Hats
- 18" Pure Alloy Extra Hammered Hats
- 8" Benny Greb Signature Crasher Hats
- 20" Pure Alloy Ride
- 18" Pure Alloy Medium Crash
- 16" Mb10 Medium Crash and 18" Byzance Traditional China (Stack)
- 18" Classics Custom Extreme Metal China
Evans Drumheads:
- Heavyweight Snare Batter
- 500 Snare Side
- EC2 Clear Tom Batter
- G1 Clear Tom Resonant
- EQ4 Clear Kick Batter
Sticks: Meinl Stick & Brush Anup Sastry Signature
Pedals: Tama Dyna Sync
Shoes: Vratim Drum Shoes
Microphones:
- AKG 414 for overheads
- Shure Beta 57 for snare top
- Shure SM 57 for snare bottom
- Sennheiser MD 421 for toms
- Shure Beta 91 A for kick in
- Shure Beta 52 for kick out
- Shure 98 D/S for ride and stack
- Shure SM 81 for hi hats
- Shure SM 81 for china
- Coles 4038 for close room
- Soyuz 013 for far room
- BAE 1073's for toms
- Heritage Audio DM 73 for overheads
- Precision 8 for far room and cymbal close mic's
- Prodigy Engineering for kick, snare, and close room
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meinlcymbals.com
meinlstickandbrush.com
tama.com
evansdrumheads.com
vratim.com
instagram.com/anupsastry
facebook.com/AnupSastryMusic
anupsastry.com
anupsastry.bandcamp.com
