News & Updates — DJ Andujar

DJs Andujar & Bongohead will bring their Rumba Psicodélica party back to the Quarters on Saturday, Nov 14. These two tropi-heads will be spinning from their expansive vinyl direct to The Quarters Sound System. South American psych rock, messed-up cumbias, dark dubs, hard Afro rock, Cuban experimental, Trópicalia, salsa loca, spookaloo, tropical funk, Caribbean electro-derangement, Ethio-groove and other borderless haze. You’ll also hear brand new jams from their Peace & Rhythm label, including straight from test pressings. Join us 8pm-1am at The Quarters Saturday 11/14. No cover. Come play some arcade games, drink some brews, eat some food and get...

WE'RE RETURNING THE SESSION! This Thursday, 11/5. 5-10pm. The Peace & Rhythm DJ crew (Andujar, Bongohead & Studebaker Hawk) will be spinning records at New City Brewery in Easthampton MA for an evening thing this Thursday. We'll also have P&R releases and t-shirts for sale. We'll be spinning a wide range of styles, including funk, soul, rock, dub, cumbia & afrobeat, all from vinyl, from 5-10 pm. We will also be previewing forthcoming releases from our test pressings! There is no admission fee. Come and hang, drink some fantastic New City brews (including the gluten-free alcoholic ginger beer) and check...

Peace & Rhythm's DJs Andujar and Bongohead will be hitting the road next week to spin some funky latin vinyl delights in a few spots. We'll be joining some friends and some P&R bands. We'll also have plenty of merch with us available for purchase. You will also be able to hear test pressings of forthcoming Peace & Rhythm releases! Come and hang out with us! Here are the details: UPDATE: Sorry but we had to cancel this night. NYC Trust DJs will be there with the band. We'll be back soon Barbés. Mon 8/31 Barbés--Brooklyn...We'll be spinning after excellent...

VISUAL CLAVE 50 Years of Latin Album Cover Design Visual Clave documents the little known evolution of ‘Salsa Graphics’ and  the expression of Latino identities through the prism of album cover art over  half a century of music packaging and graphic design. This exhibit explores the evolution of Latin music album cover art over the last 50 years,paying critical attention to issues of identity and aesthetics through depictions of Hispanic people and cultures, with an emphasis on historical context and the unsung graphic artists who helped present Latin music — and its attendant socio-cultural themes — to the world. Visual Clave’s premise...

A joint exhibit between Charlie Rosario and Peace & Rhythm’s Pablo Yglesias is now showing at the Bronx Music Heritage Center, with an opening reception on May 2, with music by DJ Andujar and Charlie Rosario with Los Rumberos Callejeros. More info at Bongohead’s blog. “I just put up a new art show with my friend Charlie Rosario last week in the Bronx at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Lab (1303 Luis Niñé Boulevard). We hung our work side by side, and collaborated on a shrine to the great conga players, percussionists, and rumberos of Cuban and Puerto Rican origin...