The night begins with LA-based up-and-comers Healing Gems and their blend of psychedelia, Latin and Tropicalia. Healing Gems will then pass the baton to veteran Afro Latin fusion band, Jungle Fire, who’ve been a staple in the LA scene and Grand Performances for well over a decade. DJ sets by Liza Richardson throughout the evening. Stay tuned for an additional band announcement, coming soon.
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Conceived as a one-off Afro Latin funk jam between friends in 2011, Los Angeles' JUNGLE FIRE has quickly and steadily become an explosive 10-piece Tropi-Funk juggernaut, lighting up sold-out dance floors and music festivals on several continents.
Since the release of their initial 7" singles on the Ohio-based Colemine Records through the 2020 release of their critically acclaimed self-titled full length LP via Los Angeles' Nacional Records, JUNGLE FIRE's unique blend of deep funk, West African dance music and AfroCaribbean rhythms has been a favorite of well known DJs and taste makers worldwide, including the likes of Craig Charles and Gilles Peterson (BBC), the Paris DJs (France), Rich Medina, Garth Trinidad (KCRW), Cut Chemist, DJ Numark and NPR, to name a few.
Juno Records (UK) has summed up the band's live show experience by stating: "Few bands live up to their name in the way JUNGLE FIRE do; fusing Cumbia, Afrobeat and trad funk, each JUNGLE FIRE jam blazes the floor with real power".
Consisting of musicians who have played, recorded, and/or toured with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Ozomatli, De La Soul, Celia Cruz, LCD Soundsystem, U2, and Kelis, among many others, their sound is a direct reflection of the musical and cultural landscape of the city they call home; a highly explosive musical cocktail ready to ignite lovers of funky beats worldwide!
Healing Gems
For fans of Perez Prado, Haruomi Hosono, Walter Wanderly, Martin Denny, Talking Heads, Lounge Music, and shoplifting.
“L.A.’s Healing Gems make music for lost explorers, midnight surfers, and spaghetti western anti-heroes who packed one too few bullets. They’re cinematic in the most technical way possible. and they take a long history of kitschy studto soundtracks, 50s pan-Latin dance compilations, and overlooked erotica albums and remake them into a world all their own.”
DJ Liza Richardson
Liza Richardson's career spans radio, music supervision for film and TV, and music catalog stewardship.
Her broadcast career began in Dallas at KNON and KERA before she joined NPR affiliate KCRW in Santa Monica, where she spent 30 years championing international music, jazz, dance music, and eclectic sounds from around the globe. Her curated mixtapes are available on Spotify.
With her team at Mad Doll Music, Liza has music supervised series including Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, The Leftovers, Watchmen, Lovecraft Country, Narcos, Station Eleven, Barry, Outer Banks, Hawaii Five-0, The Rookie, and Griselda. Her film credits include Lords of Dogtown, The Kids Are All Right, and Y tu mamá también, along with the original iPod silhouette ads.
