Creative Cultivation Salon 2022

SATURDAY APRIL 9, 2022
6 – 10 PM

dublab
1035 West 24th Street
Los Angeles CA 90007

ABOUT

On Saturday April 9, 2022, join DUBLAB for a vibrant evening amongst the most creative Angelenos for the annual Creative Cultivation Salon. Experience live music, DJ sets, and video art, while also enjoying specialty drinks and bites at our new location.

Proceeds from the Creative Cultivation Salon will go toward building dublab's studios in our new home, as well as supporting dublab’s broader mission in freeform radio that benefits and enriches our community and the creative ecosystem of Los Angeles and the world.

Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother)

GUEST OF HONOR

Camae Ayewa (Dennis) also known by her stage name Moor Mother is a national and international touring musician, composer, poet, visual artist, curator, social activist and USC professor. Ayewa’s music is a statement for the future and a statement to exist, while focusing on the recovery and preservation of communal Black memories and histories that are pulled away from the white narratives that dominate mainstream culture. Her work uses Afrofuturism as a narrative tool, recognizing its ability to empower marginalized Black and Indigeous people, and acting as an agitator in shaping Afrodiasporan past and future narratives.

Joel And Bianca Chen

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Joel Chen is the host of JF Chen Radio. Born in Shanghai and considered “a master curator” Joel opened his Los Angeles store, JF Chen, in Los Angeles more than 40 years ago. His passion for music is parallelled only by his knowledge in antiques and contemporary design. Inspired by DJs such as Tom Schnabel, Joel carries the tradition of a selector with impeccable taste for timeless songs, and classic soundtracks, plus an ear tuned for sounds from around the world.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Bianca Chen’s life has been surrounded by design with her parents’ business JF Chen. Graduating from NYU in Hotel and Hospitality Management, Bianca took a different career direction working at leading hotels such as Shutters on the Beach, The Intercontinental, and The Essex House. Realizing her true calling was to work in design and for family, she now runs JF Chen’s three sprawling showrooms located in Hollywood, along with curating their own exhibitions showcasing contemporary artisans. Bianca has also served as the chair of The Decorative Arts and Design Council at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is an active member of the acquisitions council and is currently serving on the Centennial Council of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles.

MUSIC BY

Drum & Lace
Live

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Drum & Lace, aka Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist, is a composer and performer hailing from Florence, Italy. Her music has been described as being genre-fluid, melding together sampled field recordings, lush layers of synths, chamber instruments and electronic beats. She draws inspiration from film music, music concrete and nature to create textural electronica, often juxtaposing unlikely sounds with one another. Her first LP will be released in Spring 2022 on ambient vinyl label Past Inside the Present, and features the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO) and Valentina Magaletti.

Dwight Trible
Live

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Dwight Trible is a singer who combines the best of vocal virtuosity with musicianship and improvisational skills to the delight of audiences and musicians alike. In addition to performing with his own group, the Dwight Trible Ensemble, Dwight is the vocalist with the Pharaoh Sanders Quartet and is also the vocal director for the Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. Like his mentors, Dwight is not content to use his music just to entertain people, although he is quite a dynamic performer. He uses his music to bring people together, to bridge the gap between the races, and to heal the human heart. He has received numerous awards for his humanitarian efforts.

John Tejada
Dj Sets

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John Tejada is a Vienna-born, Los Angeles-based electronic music composer, DJ, and professor at CalArts. Tejada’s professional output of music began in 1994 and has never let up, including five albums for the revered label Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playhouse, Defected, and his own label since 1996, Palette Recordings. Tejada has also been responsible for remixing over 100 songs for acts including The Postal Service, Télépopmusic, The Field, Bomb The Bass, Way Out West, Kevin Saunderson, Darren Emerson, Gui Boratto, Simian Mobile Disco and many others.

Tejada’s latest venture as Wajatta is a musical collaboration with international star Reggie Watts, having released their debut album, Casual High Technology in 2018, Don’t Let Get You Down in 2022, and Do You Even Care Anymore? EP on Brainfeeder. Tejada has traveled to more than 30 countries DJing and performing live at clubs—Berghain (Berlin), Fabric (London), Rex Club (Paris), Womb (Tokyo)—festivals such as Dance Valley (Netherlands), Decibel Festival (Seattle), Dekmantel Festival (Amsterdam), Detroit Electronic Music Festival (aka Movement), Mutek (Montreal and Mexico), Sonar Festival (Spain and Tokyo) and Sync Festival (Greece), as well as esteemed venues such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and twice at Walt Disney Concert Hall, both in Los Angeles.