Carlos Hernandez is the son of a ’70s New York soul DJ. After a detour playing in punk and noise projects, he returned to his soul roots and formed Ava Luna, a band of two girls and four guys, to explore a sound that combines all those ideas.

“Brooklyn’s Ava Luna is the rare band that needs to be heard to be believed. In the band’s hazy, floaty, post-TVOTR-maybe conceit, post-punk grooves, soaring soul harmonies, and classic indie detachment join forces for something beautiful, infectious, and damn-near indescribable. The twisted brainchild of Carlos Hernandez, the son of a soul DJ and occasional producer of bands like Fucked Up, Ava Luna is the sum of a lot of somehow congruous parts. The minimal drums/bass/synth lineup kicks out the most skeletal of Ze Records-era post-punk/nu-funk; a chorus made up of three backing singers add a razor-sharp doo-wop lilt; the sweat-soaked Hernandez is up front stirring-soul like Jamie Liddell or a James Chance for the Misshapes age.”
- Christopher Weingarten, Village Voice


Ice Level

Of expectation. 
Life's short. 
Even while we talk 
Time, grudging, runs a mile.

"Gael Bertaud started DJing in early 2K’s in different venues of South of France where he is from.
In 2004, he fell for German minimal ( Bpitch Control, Kompakt, etc.) and contributed to many events in France (Spartacus Club, Studio 88) along with Ricardo Villalobos or Sylvie Marks.
In the recent years he played a sexy and generous house, deep house and new disco sound.
Gael Bertaud is now exploring the no-boundary universe of World downtempo.
From Africa to Middle East, Balkans to South-East Asia where he lives, he takes his listeners into a soft, peaceful yet very deeply powerful journey."

Record Label & Collective
pillowy beats between the sheets.

est. MMXIII

