AVA LUNA WITH KOTIC COUTURE & DYYO

Ava Luna is Carlos Hernandez, Felicia Douglass, Julian Fader and Ethan Bassford. Called at various times “quirky and confident, mysterious and compelling” (The Village Voice), “post-soul…pulsating from one energy to another, suggesting art project and ritual” (New York Times), and “located somewhere between the control of modern R&B and the staccato angles of the art punk scene” (NME), the band has defied categorization through many changes in lineup and genre experiments through five full-length LPs. The common thread is fun hooky melodies, angular textures, infectious grooves, unexpected forms, and intimate worldbuilding. Since the late 2000s, Ava Luna has been a staple in NYC’s DIY music scene, and has built a reputation for exhilarating live shows, even as the quartet individually stay active as prolific producers, collaborators (YATTA, Helado Negro, Dirty Projectors, Youbet, Toro Y Moi, Tony Seltzer, Juan Wauters, Benét, Palehound, to name a few), educators, and performers in their own right.