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 Fly Tucker is a music producer and musician that has done production work in both Europe and the USA. He brings an old school production sensibility to create fresh and dynamic recordings. Tucker is comfortable in all genres of music from funk, soul, jazz, rock, rap and pop. 

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Afrolicious Bio -

Afrolicious, the live/electronic collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area started out not as a band but as a club night at the famed Elbo Room in The Mission District in 2007.  The format of Afrolicious party was very open and included the DJs spinning the latest soulful dance music including Afro-House, broken beat, modern funk and disco alongside classics and re-edits and remixes of their favorite Afrobeat, Salsa, and Brazilian funk alongside live percussionists and guest MCs and musicians. Eventually morphing into a live band led by the production and arrangement skills of Pleasuremaker, many dancers, DJs and producers began to take notice of their unique sound.  

Since the release of their first two EPs which were produced by Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation, the reputation of the band and founding DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz have grown and they have performed everywhere from Red Rocks, Burning Man, Cielo and the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. "We never planned on becoming a live band, but like everything else about Afrolicious it happened organically," says Oz. "When we started the party, it was truly what we thought the Mission was about. It wasn't exclusive and it wasn't exclusionary, it was open to everyone. The youngest person in our collective is the rising soul singer Ziek McCarter who started with us at 19. Our oldest member is Baba Duru, who moved to SF in 1970 and toured with Stevie Wonder. Our vocalist is from Trinidad and our drummer is from Brazil. We all congregated in SF over our love of the universal groove. There are rhythms that connect all dance music from the beginning of time to the present day and we believed we could transmit them."  

In 2013 they released their debut full-length album, California Dreaming on their own label, Afrolicious Music. IN 2014 they assembled some of the finest DJs and producers from around the world to remix their debut album. California Dreaming Remixed features remixes from Jamaican dub legend Scientist, Rob Garza from Thievery Corporation, Peruvian electronic live hybrid Novalima, Brazilian nu-disco producer Trotter, Australia’s Omegaman, Miami’s Stereo 77 and the Bay Area’s DJ Smash, J Boogie, Izzy Wise and Antonio Guedes.



  Afrolicious is also loosely affiliated with a worldwide group of DJs, producers, bands, and labels who produce contemporary soulful dance music inspired by sounds of the African diaspora, including Antibalas, Chico Mann, Nickodemus, DJ Smash, Wonderwheel Recordings, Subsuelo, and Cumba Mela. 



Amazing Live band, sound system, weekly party, vibration!
For 8 years Afrolicious brought out an amazing crowd every week to an experience many compare to church in the sense of a weekly gathering for spiritual purposes.
Afrolicious continues to inspire and push the boundaries of music productions, events, and community. They are set to release a number of new releases in 2015. There are finished projects ready to be released and brand new songs being  added to the fold regularly. Stay tuned for new originals, remixes, and mixtapes. Plus some amazing collaborations in the works





Amidst shades of crimson spilled from red and amber light bulbs, ushered and imbibed by even sweeter red wine, a subtle sound machine chimes in the background of a dark wood Victorian den where hidden stereo speakers sound the words 

“I don’t mind if all that’s wonderful is buried under what we assume; keep telling me, to lose myself, to be set free…” 

PIEL’s lead singer, Tiki Lewis, conveys the band’s essence delivering such lyrics in a sultry yet vulnerable urgent voice in the song “Speakers”. Their electro clash, dance rock hit “Studio 54 (Contagious)” is contrasted by their moodier Blonde Redhead/Duran Duran tinged “Babble On”. The experimental punk anthem “Suck This Attitude” belies the nature of their Cocteau Twins/Verve shoegazer cut “Rise and Fall”. PIEL has been luring even the most skeptical wallflowers onto the dance floor at local Los Angeles venues from The Crash Mansion and The Hive art gallery to Hollywood’s The Key Club and The Whisky opening up for Berlin, Vast as well as Wu Tang’s Ghostface Killah and Killah Priest.

Lewis, a South Side Chicago native, steeped in flowing spirit transmissions and an array of 80's pop influences, grew up performing in various clubs in her hometown. Her delicate whispers flow seamlessly into undeniable, hummable hooks and full-blown cathartic roars while mesmerizing audiences and igniting souls. 

Her hook writing gifts proved even more powerful when she joined forces on the west coast. PIEL being a temple and vehicle for Lewis's mantra's, is supported by diverse pillars of accomplished musicians that epitomizes the rich city of artists that Los Angeles is known for. Natives of L.A.'s buzzing musical underground, co-founders of Woven (Interscope Records), Jonathan Burkes (bass/vocal/production) and Steve Abagon (guitar/sonic alchemist) forged a unique style and language of music all their own that lead them to other creative honors such as Burke’s fronting That Noise and Abagon’s touring with Perry Farrell and Rickie Lee Jones. That Noise/Paper Pills drummer, Kenny Ramirez (drums) and Fire at Play’s Chris Lopez (keyboard) bring the backbone to Piel’s driving rhythm section. Rounding out the sound with meticulous crafted electronic beats, searing synths and guitar atmospherics is Visceral Design’s Donald Kaufman (guitar/electro beats/synths/production). With these creative constituents in the mix, their unique styles broaden PIEL's ever changing sound. 

PIEL’s MUSIC is soul soaring, sensual, electro laced, tribal dance pop romps, dosed with punked out, bombastic liberation frequencies!

After their 2008 debut of “Birthmarks and Bruises” and following their 2010 EP mixed by Ulrich Wild (Deftones, Janes Addiction, Incubus, Stone Temple Pilots), Piel continues in the studio today with a self produced Cat Toy Factory Sessions. 

For live show info and news visit  www.facebook.com/pielmusic  and  www.soundcloud.com/pielmusic

Booking: Jawnee Burkes   pielmusic@gmail.com


Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. William Clement Stone

Born in Kingston. Raised in Brooklyn. Co-founder of INI Sound System. Vocalist in The Lions (Stones Throw Records). Indie Recording Artist. Multi-Instrumentalist. Writer. Producer. Selector. I could go on and on.

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